gibsonguy09 said:
i tinh i might have to try that with my strat. IS any soddering(exuse my spelling) required?
No, no soldering. Just unscrew the nut that holds the jack to the housing, take out the two wood screws that hold the housing onto the body (actually, I think it would be easier to remove the screws first), flip the housing, put the jack back in, put the screws back in. Two minutes, max, if you've got a socket to fit the jack nut. If you don't like it, it's another two minutes to switch it back; nothing is permanently changed in any way. The housing is plated on all surfaces, so it changes the look of the guitar almost not at all.
The flipping of the housing is simple; if I'm visualizing it right, it's end over end. It ends up protruding from the body of the guitar rather than being recessed, but with the jack (of course) still pointing away from the pickups at the same angle as before. The advantage I've found is that in this configuration, I can get hold of the plug at the base right where it goes into the jack; it's why I did it.
The only thing to be careful of is that the hot prong of the jack (the part that grabs the tip of the plug) or the hot solder lug of the jack isn't touching the housing when you reinstall the jack, or you'll get no sound. I may have had to bend the lug a little.
I'll try to remember to get a picture of it tonight and post it. It took longer to write this than it does to do the "mod".