Guitar help...

Sleight-Of-Hand
Sleight-Of-Hand Posts: 57
edited April 2007 in Musicians and Gearheads
Afew weeks ago I noticed that when I plugged my guitar into my amp, no sound came out of my amp, so at first I thought my amp was broken... but then I played through my guitar teachers amp and no sound came out of that...so I then bought a new lead.
I thought the problem had been sorted, but using the new lead I have found out that the connection where I plug my lead into my guitar is actually not working...all along that is the thing than hasnt worked!! Only when I twist my lead around to a certain angle does it work...
So do I take my guitar to a guitar repair shop? Is this an expensive thing to have fixed? Any help would be appreciated :)
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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Make sure the solders are good.
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  • Novawind
    Novawind Posts: 836
    Yeah, a wire may have come loose inside your guitar. I'd take off the pickguard (or backplate, whatever) and take a look around at the wiring.
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  • ianvomsaal
    ianvomsaal Suncoast, FL Posts: 1,224
    It's an easy fix dude - just unscrew your jack and check out the wires.
    If they're loose then you just need to re solder them.
    If it's further up then you'll need to remove your pickgard to get to them.
    Bottom line, it should just be a simple re-solder job.
    I suggest using a lockwasher on your jack when you're done to keep it from unscrewing.
    It should be fairly inexpensive to get this done, but it's something you can, and should learn to do yourself.
    Here's a link on it: http://www.kingbass.com/soldering101.html

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  • rigneyclan
    rigneyclan Posts: 289
    also, make sure that the nut thats screwed on to the input jack of your guitar is tight.
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