Pod Go transmitter works with all guitars but one...

[josephnpeacock]

Long time Line 6 user, first time post. I have 4 PRS Guitars and three Reverend guitars. My Pod Go transmitter works in every guitar but one... One of my PRS S2s... when I plug the transmitter in, it seems to spring back out just a bit... maybe 1/32 of an inch, and no signal is established. However, when I push it in and hold it, the signal is there. Essentially, the transmitter won't enter far enough for contact. The input jack on that S2 is identical to the jacks on my other three PRS Guitars.

 

Before I go digging around inside my S2/jack, has anyone else experience this? Can anyone else suggest a remedy? I'm guessing the input jack on the guitar has to be bent/straightened/tightened/loosened or something, and I'd rather know what the goal is before working on it.

 

Thanks!!

[somebodyelse]

Without seeing it, my guess is that the jack socket is too far in to the guitar, or something about the outside of the socket is 'different' to the others, preventing it from being pushed all the way home. For example, on the other guitars, there may be a thread or two of the socket exposed, whereas on the one that won't 'work' the end of the socket is only just inside the nut, or more likely, the sockets on the working guitars stick out further from the body than the problem one, and the sides of any recess are getting in the way.

If a standard cable pushes home fine, then that would rule out the spring contact needing bending.

My guess is that there's a nut on the inside of the socket that just needs winding in a turn or two to solve the problem.

 

[theElevators]

Some guitar jacks are different, because you have an active guitar, for example.  On one of my basses, that is the case.  The reason for that is that the jack needs to connect the power to the instrument only when the jack is in.  So this can be the reason.  You can get an adapter for your transmitter: a female to male 1/4" cable.