Pickup Selector

[Flemith]

I'm a noob and I'm not sure where to put this...so... I have a Washburn WI24 and the pickup selector switch just broke. Does anyone know where i can get a replacement? Any help is appreciated.

[iaresee]

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Components:_Switches_and_knobs/1/3-way_Pickup_Switches.html

[PaulS]

If your on Ebay check out a seller called bezdez , in Canada and good prices. The service is excellent.

[Gilliangirl]

If your on Ebay check out a seller called bezdez , in Canada and good prices. The service is excellent.

Bezdez! This is good news for me. I'm considering buying some bone bridge pins through them. Only problem is they're not sure if they'll fit my guitar. Finding quality parts in this country is not that easy I'm finding. Thanks for the info on Bezdez.

[dwagar]

these guys might have what you need, I've bought from them before.

www.guitarelectronics.com

[devnulljp]

Looking for essentially the same thing. Got a crappy 3-way selector switch i na guitar right now -- it's a little box with three lugs on one side and another on the opposite side, which I think is ground -- does it matter what I replace it with? Two single coils wired in series. I see all these different switch designs. I don't want to replace a cheap crappy one with another cheap crappy one. Bezdez has a bunch of generic looking switches...how to choose?

The one I've got now looks like this:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7211/xfip2na7.jpg

My Gibson has one that looks like this:
http://static.zoovy.com/img/guitarelectronics/W180-H180-Bffffff/S/img_5171.jpg

The Switchcrafts that I've found look like this:
http://www.stewmac.com/product_images/pp/1217/3-way_Pickup_Switches.jpg

[greco]

I would buy the Switchcrafts or similar. They are well made and can be adjusted and cleaned (if needed)

Dave

[devnulljp]

I would buy the Switchcrafts or similar. They are well made and can be adjusted and cleaned (if needed)

DaveThat's what I was thinking, but I'm confused at the difference in the layout. The SC's don't seem to have as many lugs as the little box thing.

[The Kicker Of Elves]

That's what I was thinking, but I'm confused at the difference in the layout. The SC's don't seem to have as many lugs as the little box thing.

Let's see if I can explain this and make sense...

They have the same amount of lugs. The three in the middle of the box are the same as the the blade-like lugs at one end of the Switchcraft switches.

The lug on the side of the box is the ground. On the Switchcraft switch the ground is on the opposite side of the "blade" lugs.

Anything else you see on the box switch is likely just a tab to hold the box together.

[devnulljp]

Thanks elf-kicking guy,
So the middle two blades on one side of the switchcraft get soldered together making 3 on one side? I thought that was only two lugs on one side.

Cool

http://guitarpartsresource.com/EP0066003.jpg

carry on , sorry for hijacking the thread.

[The Kicker Of Elves]

Thanks elf-kicking guy,
So the middle two blades on one side of the swicthcraft get soldered together making 3 on one side?
Cool

http://guitarpartsresource.com/EP0066003.jpg

That's how I do it.

In this pic the two middle blades look spread out, closer to the outside 2. On most of the switches like this I have seen the middle two are already bent close together.

If you look at one of these switches up close when you move it from one position to another it's pretty apparent how they work (unlike the box switches).

[devnulljp]

Added question though, as this is a Danelectro, I'd like the pu's to be in series...so don't I need an On-Off-On switch? And isn't that switch on-on-on?

[mhammer]

Look at it this way. If you want the pickups to be in series, then if they were both on, one would have one lead to ground, with its other lead going to the other pickup. The free lead from THAT pickup would then go to the volume control. So, its just like a dual-coil humucker wired up to its own volume control.

If you wanted to cancel a coil, all you need to do is shunt/bypass that coil with a straight wire connection. Lean the switch in one direction, and it shunts the coil tied directly to ground. Lean the switch in the opposite direction and it shunts the coil "closest" to the volume pot and unshunts the one going to ground. Put the on-off-on switch in the middle position and neither coil is shunted (i.e., they're both on).

If you wish to have phase reversal, simply direct the leads of one coil to a DPDT switch to flip which lead from that coil goes to where.