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I am a professional recording/performing artist & producer/engineer with 29 years experience in performance & writing, & 21 years experience producing & recording music.
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Vanier College (Classical Music - Guitar)
Herzing Institute (Micro-Computer Electronics)
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Question Hey Jason. I purchased a Randall RH300 a few years back. Ive recently noticed my signal is breaking up. When I wiggle the cord a bit by the input jack itll give me a loud scratchy sound. If I wiggle it right the signal improves. Through trial and error its not the cables, guitar, pedal,ect. Definoutly the jack. Is this an easy fix or should I bring to shop? Also is it expensive?
Answer Hey Shannon, I'm not familiar wit that amp's topology, so I'm not sure how tricky it would be to replace the jack. If I had to venture a guess I'd say it'd probably surface mounted to a PCB, so you better have a good iron & good touch or you'll be lifting traces & then having to install jumpers. Whenever I'm fixing an amp that uses SMT, I go get a neutrik jack & run wires to the board that way you won't have the headache of trying to find the part, worrying about how many times you can replace the jack etc... If you do it yourself, it'll cost you about 10 bucks if you already have a decent soldering iron & some solder. If you bring it to the shop, it'll probably cost more like 70.00 depending where you bring it. Hope that helps, if you need anything else, just drop me a line.
Peace - J.
