On an electric guitar or bass, this is the mounting plate for the output jack. Instruments that have multiple outputs — for example, stereo outputs for magnetic pickups, piezos, 13-pin outputs, and so on — may put all these jacks on a single jackplate, or they may have multiple jackplates.
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