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i would like to know where to get good quality jacks. i have switchcraft in my 5f4 and they are allready bad, on one the switch tab has no spring to it, no matter how i try to bend it back it doesnt stay. another i noticed the tip and switch tabs are touching as they come out of the base. i didnt notice when i was building the amp. i played it this weekend after a few months and it was buzzing like crazy. after messing with the jacks i got it to quiet down some. i cant believe the poor quality of these jacks wich are supposedf to be the best.
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Yup, the quality of these Switchcraft jacks has been steadly going down over the last couple three years.
I know, I buy and use over a 1000 jacks a year and I think they all must be made in China now too. ha ha
In my honest opinon, even though I also get a few bad ones from Switchcraft, they are still WAY better then the worse ones I've seen... from a certain speaker/amp kit company, who's manufacturer, at one time, didn't even know what lug did what, causing all kinds of grief with novice builders !!!! I don't know why they even bother selling those.
I talked to MOJO about this bad jack issue thing today.
Last year they gave up trying to find a decent replacement for the Switchraft jacks.
However, they are now working with a company from the east that claims they can make a jack at least as good as the Switchraft and better then the other Chinese garbage that is floating around.
I doubt it, .... I'll believe it when I see it. -
you can get really good guitar cords though. i wonder if theres a way to take the jack from an adaptor (female) cord and use that in the amp. itll probably need more room.Comment
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