Re: Ric 360 Rick-O-Sound jack acting up ...
Posted: Thu May 07, 2020 11:38 am
Interesting post, Titanium. Well, a couple of you guys will likely find this rather humorous: There are mono jacks, and then there are mono jacks...
Yesterday I finally received the mono Switchcraft jack I ordered a couple of weeks ago (out of stock). It's what I expected. While I read Titanium's post (directly above) a couple of days ago, I only re-read it and studied the schematic today. While the schematic isn't intended to be a mechanical representation of circuitry, there was enough there for me to realize that the RIC mono jack was no ordinary mono jack. I found a couple of photos of the Rick O' Sound (ROS) jack:
http://boutique.rickenbacker.com/CONNEC ... p_669.html
http://www.the-music-connection.com/ricpart.htm (a link for the photo itself was invalid; jack is 4/5 down the page) They describe it as a "switched mono" jack; good.
The photo from The Music Connection provides a better side view of the jack that lends insight to how this jack works.
I had started last night, while watching TV, to pull a few of my easy-to-reach cords out and start measuring the plugs. I've measure eight different points on each plug. There is variation between the four I've measured so far. Plugged into the typical mono Switchcraft jack, the one plug that fits really nicely (so far) is on my coiled Fender cord: The plug seats fully and the "kink" in the jack's spring contact fits beautifully in the circular notch of the plug--a three-point contact (not that a single contact wouldn't work to simply provide a closed circuit), but it looks good, as it should.
While I don't have a Rick guitar with RoS, and have no real use for a RIC ROS Mono jack, I'll probably get one, just to satisfy my curiosity. In any event, I'll post a table with the measurements of all the cord / plugs I have on hand just for the heck of it.
PS - I think this is the Switchcraft jack -- Part #13 (as noted in RIC's descriptive title)... Yes?
http://www.switchcraft.com/Product.aspx?ID=2698
http://www.switchcraft.com/Drawings/13_cd.pdf
Yesterday I finally received the mono Switchcraft jack I ordered a couple of weeks ago (out of stock). It's what I expected. While I read Titanium's post (directly above) a couple of days ago, I only re-read it and studied the schematic today. While the schematic isn't intended to be a mechanical representation of circuitry, there was enough there for me to realize that the RIC mono jack was no ordinary mono jack. I found a couple of photos of the Rick O' Sound (ROS) jack:
http://boutique.rickenbacker.com/CONNEC ... p_669.html
http://www.the-music-connection.com/ricpart.htm (a link for the photo itself was invalid; jack is 4/5 down the page) They describe it as a "switched mono" jack; good.
The photo from The Music Connection provides a better side view of the jack that lends insight to how this jack works.
I had started last night, while watching TV, to pull a few of my easy-to-reach cords out and start measuring the plugs. I've measure eight different points on each plug. There is variation between the four I've measured so far. Plugged into the typical mono Switchcraft jack, the one plug that fits really nicely (so far) is on my coiled Fender cord: The plug seats fully and the "kink" in the jack's spring contact fits beautifully in the circular notch of the plug--a three-point contact (not that a single contact wouldn't work to simply provide a closed circuit), but it looks good, as it should.
While I don't have a Rick guitar with RoS, and have no real use for a RIC ROS Mono jack, I'll probably get one, just to satisfy my curiosity. In any event, I'll post a table with the measurements of all the cord / plugs I have on hand just for the heck of it.
PS - I think this is the Switchcraft jack -- Part #13 (as noted in RIC's descriptive title)... Yes?
http://www.switchcraft.com/Product.aspx?ID=2698
http://www.switchcraft.com/Drawings/13_cd.pdf