right angle cords into teles

does this work for anyone? i bought a right angle cord so i could sit and play without bending the cable, but i find that the output socket of the telecaster just barely allows the plug to fit in, and it's very tricky to get out. it seems to connect well, i'm just paranoid it's not going in all the way (by a fraction of an inch if even that). should i continue trying to use the right angle on my tele anyway, or just switch the cord around and use the straight jack on the other end? if other people have used right angles on teles successfully then i'll just get used to it and keep on with it...

...Here iss my solution:

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Some right angle cords fit without a problem............. the really cheap ones......like this one from Radio Shack.

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I have a right-angle Monster cable that seems to work fine. Anyone ever read the ToneQuest article with Cesar Diaz? [http://www.tonequest.com/article.htm] He made an interesting case for NOT using high-end cables.

my Planet Waves fits the electrosocket just fine.

Jack, that looks like a healthy amount of output jack coming through that cup. I can't see that guitar causing any problems. (And I love that radio shack plug!)

Mogami right angle worked with a regular cup with the jack's nut nearly flush. It also works with the electrosocket after I installed that. Don't assume that a Fender right-angle will fit, because I have one that doesn't.

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The first thing I do to Telecasters is to rip that dumb jack cup out and screw on a proper jack plate. On a massively efficient and utilitarian instrument, that jack cup is the most useless, counterproductive thing I've ever encountered. I don't really know why they keep making them that way.

Blasphemy, I know, but I've never missed that dumb cup.

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The first thing I do to Telecasters is to rip that dumb jack cup out and screw on a proper jack plate. On a massively efficient and utilitarian instrument, that jack cup is the most useless, counterproductive thing I've ever encountered. I don't really know why they keep making them that way.

Blasphemy, I know, but I've never missed that dumb cup.

Sorry all, but I tend to agree w/ Ben....Les Paul Plate is just way more practical & Gigworthy IMO

Les Paul Plate is just way more practical & Gigworthy IMO

If you mean a square four-screw jackplate, I think a two-screw oval jackplate is a little more aesthetically pleasing on a Tele... just IMO.

Like woodman says, it fits in an electrosocket just fine. I had the same problem too. If you want to save a buck you can pull out the cup and turn back or remove the inner back check nut. That should gain you plenty of space. Gibson style input jacks on fenders look weird to me.

If you mean a square four-screw jackplate, I think a two-screw oval jackplate is a little more aesthetically pleasing on a Tele... just IMO.

That's what I use.

Why even use a part on a guitar that may require effort to use with half the cables out there? I don't get it.

As far as looks? Who looks at that part anyway?

Like woodman says, it fits in an electrosocket just fine. I had the same problem too. If you want to save a buck you can pull out the cup and turn back or remove the inner back check nut. That should gain you plenty of space. Gibson style input jacks on fenders look weird to me.

so you're saying i can adjust the jack to protrude a little farther out? i assume i'd have to remove the control plate to do that?

You are correct sir.

Neutrik right-angle plugs also work perfectly with my Electrosocket-equipped Tele...

You will have to undo the nut that holds the input jack in place and undo the 2 screws on the control pate and pull the input jack back through.

On alot of the instruments ive had there is a nut on the outside that you see and another nut against the backside of the cup.
Like I said it is a back check and you can turn it back so more of the thread protudes or you can remove it completely. put it all back together and the input jack should stick out a little more.
Good Luck.

The George L right angle one works good on Teles.
Found this accidentally as have one of their cords with
straight one end and right angle on other end.

If we're going to do cords, riddle me this. I like my Tele. I want the pocket. My cords, as with my chords, work fine. And I'm not disputing the merit of, but I'm not buying either, a 15" cable for $100. But I llike my Tele and my tweed clone, wouldn't two right angles be nice?

I think I'm using Planet Waves (works great)? But does anybody know anybody who maks a double right angle cable that fits Tele's?

Old thread but I have just bought my first Tele and was not happy when my right angle chord wouldn't stay in. :sad:

Old thread but I have just bought my first Tele and was not happy when my right angle chord wouldn't stay in. :sad:

You need the right right angle chord :lol:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/open-g/Guitars/HPIM0157.jpg

I suppose so. Yet it is alloying to have just gotten a Evidence Lyric to have it not fit.

Evidence Lyric Cable? heck, I'd be bummed about that too.
they are quite expensive from what I've read.

I'd try Newfie_J's advice first:
If you want to save a buck you can pull out the cup and turn back or remove the inner back check nut. That should gain you plenty of space.

This is the Neutrik NP2RX right-angled jack plug and it fits my electrosocket perfectly.

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x39/stainton/neuplug.jpg

Neutrik right-angle plugs also work perfectly with my Electrosocket-equipped Tele...

That they do. And that's what I use. Problem solved.

You need the right right angle chord :lol:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/open-g/Guitars/HPIM0157.jpg

Any one recognize the cord Alamo's got posted? His data is a bit "thin". ;-)

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The George L right angle one works good on Teles.
Found this accidentally as have one of their cords with
straight one end and right angle on other end.

+1, they fit all my Fender vintage style jack cups, and the electrosocket cup on my partscaster.

Before I found George L's, I tried other right angle plugs and found that only a few worked. Some of them have a little more room between the plug and where the right angle starts. If they don't have that little extra bit of room they won't work.