Friday, September 11, 2026

Resurrecting the Garage Tone

It took me a while a find a replacement for the DC power jack on this Garage Tone Oil Can Phaser pedal. I was fixing this one for a bandmate and the original connector had been shattered into pieces by his own repair attempt. 

GarageTone Phaser (Model GTOIL) picture

Broken connector and replacement before installation
It looked like an easy fix, but my searches for part number information in all the usual places went nowhere. I needed an actual part number for this DC jack because it is panel mounted, so the shape and dimensions for its plastic housing, including its panel mounting channel, needed to be pretty close.

I ended up going on a bit of a visual search for a replacement and luckily, managed to find just the right fit after a few tries, so for anyone with a similar issue with old GarageTone pedals, let me share that this cheap Uxcell DC-015 5.5mmx2.1mm DC Power Jack I found in Amazon does the trick and fits almost perfectly in the 11x14mm hole in the pedal (1mm thick) case. You are welcome.


New connector installed