Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

Do you know if it has the switch?

I'm not really sure. I just saw that it looked like it, but I wasn't looking for another guitar at the time so I passed on it.

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

Is this the kind of switch you are looking for?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Gibson-...oryZ7266QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Reload in 5]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

do you have a pic of the switch itself ? I found this
I dont really think this is it but a pic of your switch might help.
Also, somone mentioned putting a 3 way clicker into a superswitch, but could you transplant the 3 way from this one into your current switch ? looks fairly easy to take apart and put back together.

 

[ginormous]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

This is the switch I'm looking for, the "1-2-3" tone selector switch:

the part # for the Oak-Grigsby 3-way blade switch: 399163-184.

It's in the shop, so getting a photo is gonna be a day or 2.

Reload, the Nighthawk switch is way too small. This puppy needs to be full-size, 2 wafers, 6 terminals each (see link to circuit diagram above).

edit: Eric, that's a Switchcraft toggle, and they're fairly easy to come by. If modding for one of those was an option, my frustration would have gotten the better of me by now.

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

This is the switch I'm looking for, the "1-2-3" tone selector switch:

the part # for the Oak-Grigsby 3-way blade switch: 399163-184.

It's in the shop, so getting a photo is gonna be a day or 2.

would a normal tele switch work? It was used in the esquire wiring for bright-normal-deep combination.

 

[ginormous]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

would a normal tele switch work? It was used in the esquire wiring for bright-normal-deep combination.

Let me ask my guy again -- he said he was trying to fix the original with some Tele parts. The physical parts for the switch detent (aka the "click") might be interchangeable, but the wiring between the tele and the Triumph/Recording are 2 different animals.

 

[ginormous]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

Eric, my repair guy says that Esquires had a resistor/cap setup on the 3-way for bright/normal/deep, but they were regular otherwise. Beside, he's out of vintage parts -- a store fire some years ago, from which he's still trying to recover repair inventory.

 

[Reload in 5]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

Reload, the Nighthawk switch is way too small. This puppy needs to be full-size, 2 wafers, 6 terminals each (see link to circuit diagram above).

physically too small ? I know it doesnt have the required switching I was just wondering size wise.

 

[ginormous]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

Physically, the Nighthawk switch is too small... unfortunately, I have the opposite condition (wifey wants me to lose weight).

 

[ginormous]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

bump... gotta keep this going. Please help.

 

[ginormous]

Re: Parts needed for LP Triumph repair (see my avatar)

bump