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[Trevor Davies]

A question - pardon my ignorance....

If I was to put a output jack on the front of a guitar, but from the back rather than on a control plate, what kind of jack would I need?

The jack that came with the Tele kit from pitbull does not look as though the thread is long enough....

The old AG style kit had a top jack plug which came from the back control cavity. The top thickness was around 5 mm to allow enough room for the washer and nut. The thread for those jack sockets was about 10 mm long. What is the thread length of your jack socket?

[EsquireEsque]

The old AG style kit had a top jack plug which came from the back control cavity. The top thickness was around 5 mm to allow enough room for the washer and nut. The thread for those jack sockets was about 10 mm long. What is the thread length of your jack socket?

Hi, It's more like 5 to 7 mm I've worked out that it could fit if the wood was about 3 mm thick - which I'd not think anywhere enough.
I think it'd have to be 5 mm at least?

I was unaware this type of jack came with a longer thread - I thought a barrel style would be needed - and I've read posts where they were found to be problematical.