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Old 02-29-2016, 08:40 AM
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A small dab of clear nail polish works and can be carefully removed if needed. Or chartreuse if your into that.
Until purple loctite came along I used that forever on jags and jazzmaster saddles. Worked perfectly for me. Not so much for my heavy handed friends. Seems like it would work pretty well in this application.
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I didn't notice the jack on my Dot was loose until one day I turned the nut to tighten it up and one of the wires pulled off!
To hold the jack in place while tightening the nut - and not rotating the jack at the same time - take a pair of needlenose pliers, insert into the jack, then hold the handle to push the pliers nose apart.
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I didn't notice the jack on my Dot was loose until one day I turned the nut to tighten it up and one of the wires pulled off!
To hold the jack in place while tightening the nut - and not rotating the jack at the same time - take a pair of needlenose pliers, insert into the jack, then hold the handle to push the pliers nose apart.
One of the most important tools in my guitar kit is 2 pairs of locking forceps.
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Loctite also makes a thread locker that will penetrate even after the nut is tight. Loctite is a plastic product so it may need to be heated to remove.
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Old 04-26-2016, 07:31 PM
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I added some blue loctite to the jack,has held up fine thus far.
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Old 04-26-2016, 09:43 PM
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+1 I use this a lot when working on guitar amps or FX pedals.

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Old 04-26-2016, 10:19 PM
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I added some blue loctite to the jack,has held up fine thus far.
Oh. blue will hold. If you aren't willing to hold it hard with a pliers, you just may need a brief application of a soldering iron to the jack to undo it.
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WOW - I just checked my ES-175D and that input jack was maybe 2 threads from doing the same thing.

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Old 08-07-2016, 07:13 PM
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Yeah!you are lucky that you caught it in time and tightened it!
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