NGD Mason Tele! No Electrosocket jacks still?

[Ted Keane]

I change every Tele's jack cup.I Install the ones like AndrewG above posted a picture of.The screws are much better,and the jack is threaded to the cup.

 

[AndrewG]

Well we can safely gather which one is cheaper for them to produce. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That being said,…….wouldn’t an LP style jack plate be the absolute cheapest(save the same piece in plastic)? Not to mention most effective?

Of all the things they’ll finally begrudgingly admit are archaic….WHOOPS there I go thinking again…

Coincidentally I had an LP style socket fitted to a Baja Tele. I managed to rip off a chunk of finish when removing the original socket to tighten the nut-those stupid sticky-out 'wings' were the culprit. Luckily the new socket's plate covered the damage I caused.

 

[Telecaster88]

Mark me down (knock on wood) as someone who in thirty years of playing a Tele has never had an issue with my factory Fender jacks. I use angled cords with them, you just have to get the kind that fit (ones with shorter "grip"* material around the plug).

*Don't know what it's called.

 

[Peegoo]

I've had Teles puke their jacks when playing a gig. Got tired of that mess.

Before the Electrosocket was invented, this is what we did.

This is a CS '63 Tele. The TeleKarens will wail an moan about this, but that's because they need something to wail and moan about [shrug]. If you don't like it, avert your gaze

 

[bobio]

I like the machined, press in jack cups that St. Leonidas used the first couple years. Marc Rutters makes/sells them and so does Glendale Guitars. Really classy looking - just be careful with import bodies (and Highway One bodies) as the bore is usually a smidge too large.

Why do all the Signature models not use them? Because it makes regular FMIC T styles look sketchy. :^)

A bit of edge banding does the trick to shim the larger jack hole in import bodies. Have done it on multiple guitars and they hold the machined Rutters jack cups in just as firmly. You can add a bit of tight bond if you think you need to.

 

[Blues Twanger]

Add me to the camp that's never had an issue with the standard jack.

Maybe on a very old Squier, but those were the days when the entire guitar was a problem, not just one piece here and there.