Rad, that ASCII drawing takes me back to my 2400 baud BBS days.

Yeah I understand the principle of the screws being tight but the connector being loose, but the screws weren't tight, unfortunately. I guess it happened slowly over the course of a long time, and I'm sure at some point I lost one of them and it was just hanging on by the other screw, which also came out yesterday. I guess I'll be periodically checking the screws and tightening them when necessary from now on... I think I really dodged a bullet when I managed to pull the Empeg out without breaking any of the wires/solder joints.