It turns out that jack input nuts are not all the same

Reverend

I lost the nut from the jack input on my Ibanez Destroyer a couple of weeks ago. Tried to replace it with a Gibson one but it was too big. 
I sent a message to the distributor asking where I can find Ibanez-sized replacements but they have not replied. 

Any ideas where I night find them?

Thanks 

Alegree

I sell import sized jack washers and nuts.

SteveRobinson

Best thing is to replace the jack with a Switchcraft one.

ICBM

SteveRobinson said:

Best thing is to replace the jack with a Switchcraft one.

This.

Make sure it has a shakeproof washer - you can buy them separately if the seller doesn't include one - and it's best to put a bit of superglue threadlock on the thread before you tighten it fully ratchet-handle it like you're bolting the wheels onto your car.

Then it will never, ever come loose again. I do them like this for 'demanding applications' - schools guitars! - and they don't come back with the jacks loose again...

richardhomer

‘Output’....

mrkb

Wouldn’t Ibanez be metric, and switchcraft imperial? I’ve loads, but can’t work out which type is which. 

ICBM

mrkb said:

Wouldn’t Ibanez be metric, and switchcraft imperial? I’ve loads, but can’t work out which type is which. 

Yes. Far-east ones are the slightly smaller ones, US the slightly larger. Often the US nuts are 'milled' rather than 'stamped' too, so they have cleaner and sharper edges. Far-east ones are almost never milled.

octatonic

ICBM said:

SteveRobinson said:

Best thing is to replace the jack with a Switchcraft one.

This.

Make sure it has a shakeproof washer - you can buy them separately if the seller doesn't include one - and it's best to put a bit of superglue threadlock on the thread before you tighten it fully ratchet-handle it like you're bolting the wheels onto your car.

Then it will never, ever come loose again. I do them like this for 'demanding applications' - schools guitars! - and they don't come back with the jacks loose again...

As always- this.
FWIW the way you get them off if you ever need to is to put a soldering iron against the nut, which melts the thread lock/super glue.

ICBM

octatonic said:

FWIW the way you get them off if you ever need to is to put a soldering iron against the nut, which melts the thread lock/super glue.

Just mind your eyes with the fumes!

It’s very rare that you need to though - Switchcrafts are very robust and don’t tend to fail either. I don’t bother with any other kind of jack, even for cheap guitars - it’s just not worth penny-pinching.

Reverend

Just a regular switchcraft mono? Best place to get one?

Reverend

Any suggestions?

sixstringsupplies

every guitar parts shop will stock them. Anywhere between £2.80ish and £4.50

Henrytwang

richardhomer said:

‘Output’....

Yes, input at the amp end and output at the guitar end. 

SteveRobinson

Even though electrons flow equally in both directions.