Stew Mac Golden Age harnesss

[Sam SG]

Any experience with these anyone?
My Red SG has been acting up. One day practicing at home there was no bridge pickup. Then mysteriously I had it again. Worked fine about a month. Then at a band rehersal it cut out again. Flipped the switch back and forth came back.Sprsyed it with cleaner. Worked fine then Sat I was at a gig. I kept periodically hearing the bridge dropping out for like literally a split second at a time periodically.
Now the electrician in me says trace the problem. Yet the stressed out older me is saying screw the whole PCB and just buy a harness.
Thoughts?
Stew Mac has a prewired harness with CTS 500k pots, orange drop .022 caps and switchcraft toggle and jack.
Seems like best deal out there. I see Emerson has harnesses but about $50-60 more, seems allot as the only real upgrade i see there is psper and oil caps( do they even make a diff?). Sonething im lisding here on the more expensive harnesses vs the Golden Age hsrness?

 

[Sam SG]

Well I tried editing my post and when I save it my content isn't there???

Anyways the Golden Age harness cones rewired with CTS 500k pots, orange drop .022 caps and Switchcraft toggle and jack.
I see other quite a bit more expensive harnesses by Emerson. Beyond paper and oil caps what's the difference, do they have like a special taper pot or sonething? Or are tgey just charging extra $50 for a paper cap? Is the difference between orange drop and paper and oil even noticable?

 

[GuitarStv]

Wiring harnesses always seem like an expensive way to go.

Pots of any desired taper and size can be purchased very cheaply from online electronics stores. In a guitar tone circuit, type of cap doesn't matter at all - just value. As long as your caps are at the value they're supposed to be a cheap 3 cent ceramic will work just as well as an expensive paper in oil one.

 

[beaubrummels]

Sounds like just the switch getting bent out of shape. You don't need sprays or a new wiring harness. You just need to gently bend the flat flanges of the switch back into place so they make contact, and whenever you are not playing, always put the switch in the middle position. Don't store you guitar with the toggle switch on the neck or bridge. The metal tangs or flanges seem to have a 'memory' and the next time you use it, they are bent out of the way and don't make proper contact. Worst comes to worst, you could just replace the switch, but that is way easier than dealing with an entire new wiring harness that will also likely change the sound.

 

[Sam SG]

Another reason to swap is eady 50s wiring.
with the pcb I'll have to cut a trace and run a jumper which is not a huge deal. Just a PITA

 

[Sam SG]

I'll try bending the switch contacts befor I spend any dough. If that works, then I'll just cut the trace and do the 50s wiring to the PCB.