Switch Location?

[big_teee]

Not disputing its relative convenience for you, but like I hope I conveyed earlier, obtrusiveness is in the eye, and laying style, of the beholder. Some folks fritter with their pickup selector constantly and a toggle switch sticking up near there is an issue. Other folks play with their tone knobs constantly so anything even close to their is poison. I imagine there are plenty of folks here who think that the traditional location of a Les Paul pickup selector or location on some Hamer or PRS guitars is so far out of the way as to be a nuisance, and at the same time there are others who are grateful for that location because their thrashing style invites accidental pickup switching.

Whatever you like.
One Man's meat is another Man's poison.
When you make things to sell, you have to make compromises.
Usually the real Picky shoppers, aren't going to buy it, regardless how you make it.
In my town it is hard to sell anything but a SR Amp and a Strat with 5k Single Coils anyway!
Thanks Everyone!
B_T

[Steve A.]

The Toggle in the location of the gilmore is not in the way.
I modified my guitar before I modified a new pickguard, to try the switch location.
It looks more intrusive than it is.
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Looks great! That is where I put them on my strats- roughly equidistant from the two pots and the selector switch. I would like to find a source for the short bat mini-toggle switches that Egnator puts on their amps; the mini-switches with normal length bats are liable to snap off on an amp if they are unprotected on the front panel. On a guitar the shorter bat would help keep it from getting toggled accidentally.

Steve Ahola

[Steve A.]

As a side-note, I had bought some long-handle toggles a few years back, from a surplus place, and simply cut the bat-handles way back and ground down the ends smooth to make them lower-profile and safe for use. It works, but it is not what I'd recommend for everyone. I see that Z-Vex often uses some short-handle toggles for his pedals, so I'm assuming that short-handle toggles can be purchased from somewhere.

I tried that once a long time ago and there was a spring inside the normal length mini-toggle bat which went "bo-i-i-i-i-i-i-n-g!" and it never did work very well after that (you would have to hold it manually in either position which kinda puts a crimp in your guitar playing technique. ) I guess the ones you got were not constructed that way.


Steve Ahola

[Mark Hammer]

Mine didn't go "boing" because the bat handle was placed in the vice before cutting, and the grinding of the "stump" was light and minimal. had I forcibly shortened the bat with a grinder, mine most assuredly would have met the same ending as yours.

[Steve A.]

Mine didn't go "boing" because the bat handle was placed in the vice before cutting, and the grinding of the "stump" was light and minimal. had I forcibly shortened the bat with a grinder, mine most assuredly would have met the same ending as yours.

As I recall I used a small hack saw and hit the part of the bat that was hollow. So did you crimp the end of the bat to keep the spring from escaping and then fill the hollow end with something? Or just didn't remove enough of the bat that was hollow?
There are many different brands, styles and sizes of mini-toggle switches so we may be comparing apples to oranges. If there is a particular line of mini-toggles that can be shortened I will definitely get some!

Thanks!

Steve Ahola

P.S. I must have at least two dozen mini-switches around that I wired up for one project or another- I'm not sure why I saved them because I would not reuse them for a critical project and some of them were damaged by overheating the pins. I'll have to do some exploratory surgery on the ones that are ready for the glue factory.

[Mark Hammer]

I didn't hit anything hollow. Don't know if it was the luck of where I cut or simply the particular brand.

[JoeM]

... I would like to find a source for the short bat mini-toggle switches that Egnator puts on their amps; the mini-switches with normal length bats are liable to snap off on an amp if they are unprotected on the front panel. On a guitar the shorter bat would help keep it from getting toggled accidentally.

Steve Ahola

I dont know this seller, but the store has toggles with shorter handles:

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