GLS Audio 1/4" Jacks Female TS Mono Panel Mount Jack - 20 Pack

Seems to be good stuff. Nothing fancy, dead simple and not deluxe but well made, precise, nice crisp fiber insulators, really strong spring action, nice thick metal contacts with large holes for thick wire- tip connect is extra huge, a nice touch. These feel good to plug into, beefy, positive. Well-cut threads, quality stuff overall, not junk. Just the thing for building some pedals. These seem at least as good as any other jack, at a decent price when you buy 20, just over a buck apiece. Switchcraft are more expensive, but Neutrik are actually cheaper through Parts Express... Are these good value? Certainly not bad value, but drop a comment if you have an opinion one way or the other... I'm trying to standardize on a brand for my projects. Reading reviews elsewhere, it seems like some folks feel these are second to Switchcraft and better than Neutrik. If so, I guess they're priced just exactly right...

These GLS 1/4" TS Female Jacks are a good value for the money. No, they are not quite of the quality that one would expect on a Switchcraft jack that is the "gold standard", but they are robust, well made, and definitely much better than lots of the cheaply made jacks I've been seeing out there lately. The GLS jacks have decent insulators and heavier gauge metal parts. The hardware is nicely finished and the jacks firmly grip the plugs when installed. I expect these GLS jacks will give me good, dependable service, as well as maintaining strong signal transfer & fidelity.

you won't find a better jack at this price, They are solid and well built.

Great 1/4" jacks for the price. I use them on all of my builds. They're well made, function properly, and are compact enough to be used in small enclosures. Can't recommend enough.

I do a lot or design/fabrication/repairs on professional musical equipment. These jacks have a strong contact at the tip and seem built well. I recommend burnishing at least one side of each solder tab and then use some activated flux before soldering. These jacks are an excellent value especially compared to Switchcraft.

Last autumn, and a week ago, I designed, 3D printed, and assembled two guitar speaker cabinets. Both cabs, as well as a couple of DIY pedals, are using these jacks. I recently fabricated a parallel cable to run both cabinets as you can see in the photos. Even when I cranked up the amp in the photos, a Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 36, to make sure my fabricated cable would hold up, these jacks held up just fine to the electrical energy passing through them and to the enormous sound pressure inside the cabinets. That's about all I can say for these. I've had issues with the TS plugs you see in one of the photos; The threads are poorly machined so I've had fitting issues with those. Not the case with these jacks and the supplied nuts and washers that come on them. Every jack I've used from this pack has cleanly installed with no issues!

They feel pretty high quality and the tip conductor spring (or whatever it's called) is pretty dang strong. So strong that if you're breadboarding with them you need to be careful when you disconnect your cable or you'll rip your leads out. When mounted though these things are just about perfect. Cables stay secure . The threading and nuts/washers are high quality too so that's nice. 10/10 will buy again.

I have found these to be good replacements for switchcraft BUT I also had one that I had to clean to get a good ground. I wire brush everyone now before installation.