On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

[graffiti62]

Kind of curious if someone can help me out with something I've been trying to hunt down. I want to modify a Strat's wiring to give me a master volume, master tone, a 5-spot switch, and an on-off switch that will turn on the neck pickup no matter where the five-spot sits, giving me the other two pickup combinations that you can't get on a stock Strat. What I'd like to do is take out the second tone pot and put a switch in that empty hole, since I have no need for a second tone pot with a master tone, and I don't want to drill a hole in a nice Warmoth pickguard for a mini-toggle, especially when I'm going to have a hole that needs to be filled anyway.

Does anyone make an on/off switch that will fill in the spot of a pot stud? I know a three-way is about that big, but I only need an on/off...

Thanks for the help!

 

[AlexR]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

A regular toggle with a few washers added.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

Pot holes are larger diameter than switch holes, on average. If you're ordering the pickguard, get it with only 2 holes and add the third yourself. It's not difficult to do.

 

[graffiti62]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

Too late--the hole's already there, and had a tone 2 pot in it. What about the kind of coil cut switch that Gibson put on the ES 347? That'd fit in there. Anyone still producing one?

 

[kramersteen]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

A regular toggle with a few washers added.

YEP!!!

 

[EDX]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

hunt down for the electronic supplies stores in your area, basically the ones visited by both techs and students, there should be some kind of "industrial" DPDT switch, some of these are actually big enough to fill the hole, some are even bigger, you also could try searching on ebay, if not, then use thin washers

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

get a 3/8 toggle at any auto parts store

 

[Artie]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

I went to Home Depot, or similar, and got about a foot of that clear vinyl hose used for connecting dishwashers, et all. Buy the size that the ID matches the mini-toggle, and the OD is close to the hole size. Slice off a piece off the end with a razor knife that's the thickness of the pickgaurd, and sandwich it between a couple washers. Cheap, works great. A foot of hose should be a lifetime supply.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: On/Off toggle switch that will fit in Strat pickguard pot hole

Probably 50 lifetime supplies.