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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285568</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[cheers guys. i never put my lead through my strap so i guess that is what has caused the problem, ill definitely do that in future.  as for the soldering, i didnt do it myself, i go one of t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[cheers guys. i never put my lead through my strap so i guess that is what has caused the problem, ill definitely do that in future.  as for the soldering, i didnt do it myself, i go one of the other teachers in the technology dept of our school do it so im sure he did a decent job - anyway, ill start threading my lead through my strap from now on. thanks]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>almann1979</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285532</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve seen a ton of jack problems caused by the player leaving the cable hanging from the jack. Run the cable between the strap and guitar from behind. Leave a little slack. Turn it around an...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I've seen a ton of jack problems caused by the player leaving the cable hanging from the jack. Run the cable between the strap and guitar from behind. Leave a little slack. Turn it around and plug it in. Now the cable's hanging from the strap, not the jack. It'll save you a lot of trouble.

+1<br><br>for me, it was having a cheap-a$$ LP knock off as my first electric, and the jackplate would come off completely if I didn't hook the jack behind the strap. kept the tradition ever since.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Scrybe</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285487</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[You snuck that in in front of me Ric ... by all means, loop that cable through your strap.  I have always done that.  Why?  Because when I first started playing I noticed my heroes did it, t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[You snuck that in in front of me Ric ... by all means, loop that cable through your strap.  I have always done that.  Why?  Because when I first started playing I noticed my heroes did it, thats why.   :lol:   But it is a very good practice.  Back when I was young and walked 5 miles to school, uphill both ways, even the rock stars used cables to plug into thier amps.   :wink:]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285456</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It also helps if you can put a small drop of blue LocTite on the threads before tightening. Still, you want to hang your cable from the strap. The cable swinging is what rotates the jack.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It also helps if you can put a small drop of blue LocTite on the threads before tightening. Still, you want to hang your cable from the strap. The cable swinging is what rotates the jack.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285455</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[My money is on your jack spinning or twisting.  That will break those little suckers off quick.  Resolder it and tighten the nut really well.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[My money is on your jack spinning or twisting.  That will break those little suckers off quick.  Resolder it and tighten the nut really well.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285453</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve seen a ton of jack problems caused by the player leaving the cable hanging from the jack. Run the cable between the strap and guitar from behind. Leave a little slack. Turn it around an...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I've seen a ton of jack problems caused by the player leaving the cable hanging from the jack. Run the cable between the strap and guitar from behind. Leave a little slack. Turn it around and plug it in. Now the cable's hanging from the strap, not the jack. It'll save you a lot of trouble.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285442</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It depends where it is breaking.  Is the solder joint itself breaking?  Or is the wire breaking just beyond / outside the solder joint?  If the former then I agree with slej - probably not a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It depends where it is breaking.  Is the solder joint itself breaking?  Or is the wire breaking just beyond / outside the solder joint?  If the former then I agree with slej - probably not a good soldering job.  Did you clean everything well?  Did the solder joint look shiny or dull?  If the latter then is the wire of poor quality?  Did you strip the insulation off and go too deep taking off some the strands of wire and weakening it?  Is it getting too much flex somehow - maybe the jack is twisting?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Hyperborea</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-285433</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <title>broken earth wire</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/broken-earth-wire/#post-30885</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[the earth wire on my guitar (les paul type vintae make) has broken again at the point where it attatches to the lead socket..  This is the second time this has happened in about 4 months.a v...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[the earth wire on my guitar (les paul type vintae make) has broken again at the point where it attatches to the lead socket..  This is the second time this has happened in about 4 months.<br><br>a very good soldering job was done on it last time, so i know poor soldering is not the reason it broke again, so i do wonder why this can happen?? is this usual? and how can i prevent it from happening again?<br><br>thanks]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>almann1979</dc:creator>
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