Please help: I'm having troubles on how to add a jack to the box to plug in.

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Permalink Reply by Michael R Cossey on October 27, 2010 at 10:24pm

What I do is drill a larger hole first but leaving enough material left to hold the jack..then I drill the correct size hole all the way through...kind of like a recessed larger hole big enough for the washer and nut....hope this helps...check out some pics of CBG .......it is possible to do the larger hole from the inside of the box, but that can be a tad more difficult.....

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Permalink Reply by Uncle gehard on October 27, 2010 at 10:37pm

i recently had a similar issue , i bought a long stem mono input jack from jaycar electronics ,
it was about 1-1.5" long , cost me about $5

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Permalink Reply by JUJU on October 27, 2010 at 11:23pm

you could drill a big hole - big enough for all the jack socket to pass throught then use a jack plate - or make one - the jack socket fits to the jack plate then the jack plate is screwed to the guitar body / box

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on October 28, 2010 at 9:25am

I use a chisel and shave off enough layers of the plywood from the inside till I can thread the nut on. I have also done the recesed hole as described above on a box with composite sides, for the large hole I used a spade bit, then drilled the smaller hole all the way thru.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Onastik on October 28, 2010 at 12:52pm

A lot of people use the little "drawer pulls" that you can find cheap in any hardware store:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/cbg503-2?context=user

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Permalink Reply by Ellwood T. Bear on October 28, 2010 at 8:02pm

I use the plate as shown.

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Permalink Reply by YeahDoIt on October 29, 2010 at 7:27am

I cut a notch in the cover for the wire to pass through, put my microphone inside the box, close the cover and play. If I don't use an amplifier (I rarely use an amplifier) then I remove the microphone from the cigar box. Works for me.

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Permalink Reply by John Drake on October 29, 2010 at 5:42pm

Long jacks are sometimes hard to find so a jack plate easily solves the problem. John D

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on November 1, 2010 at 8:17pm

Small recessed door pulls work well. The fit into a 3/4 inch hole. Drilling the 3/8 in or so hole in the small pull w/o loosing a finger is another matter! Do NOT hold it with your hand! I drill a 3/4 in hole in some scrap wood, push the pull into that , then drill through the pull. Sorry I do not know how to import a pic here from my page, but if ya look at my photos, you will see them in use.(and lots of other's as well, got the idea in here of course!)

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Permalink Reply by Matt Steber on November 1, 2010 at 8:28pm

I did exactly what Michael R Cossey recomended in his reply. A real basic countersink. Worked well.

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Permalink Reply by KK Dirty Money on November 11, 2010 at 10:08pm

Thanks for the tip. Where do you suggest a good place to buy a quality yet economic jack plate would be?
Please post a link, if you would.
thanks so much for your help.



John Drake said:

Long jacks are sometimes hard to find so a jack plate easily solves the problem. John D

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Permalink Reply by John Drake on November 12, 2010 at 1:53am

I'm in Australia so probably not a great help to you. I get mine from my local guitar shop for about $ 4.50. But noticed this one on ebay from Hong Kong for only $ 3.80 including postage !! Aus dollar now hovering about the same as US dollar!

PS Just noticed after I posted that it EVEN INCLUDES THE JACK !!!


KK Dirty Money said:

Thanks for the tip. Where do you suggest a good place to buy a quality yet economic jack plate would be?
Please post a link, if you would.
thanks so much for your help.



John Drake said:

Long jacks are sometimes hard to find so a jack plate easily solves the problem. John D

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