Guitar help...

Sleight-Of-Hand

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

xtremehardy388

Make sure the solders are good.

Novawind

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.

ianvomsaal

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

- Ian C.T. vom Saal

rigneyclan

also, make sure that the nut thats screwed on to the input jack of your guitar is tight.