Pickup Switch

by **zykloned** on Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:37 pm

My pickup switch is being a bastard.

Everytime I'm on the bridge, and I flick to the neck, its fine, but everytime I'm on the neck and I want to flick back down to the bridge pickup, it just seems to lose it, having active pickups I've checked to see if it was just the batteries that was the problem, put fresh ones in, same thing.

It's actually driving me up the wall. Gave the pots a good clean, and it was fine for a few days, but it's the same problem now.

Anyone got any idea whats wrong with it, or what I should do?

Gawd damn!!

:wall:

by **BEER CAN** on Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:07 pm

zykloned wrote:Anyone got any idea whats wrong with it, or what I should do?

Stick em up your arse, faraz poo should do the trick :wink:

by **Metal Iain** on Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:55 pm

Your switch or a pot probably needs replacing. It happens often enough to me.

by **Dian Wei** on Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:06 pm

You think you have problems, my switch is a screw.

by **Bangover** on Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:23 pm

Sounds like it could be the contacts being wank. Try getting some contact spray and giving it a quick spray from the top and bottom, however im guessing its the actual mechanisim, meaning you need a new one.

by **thrash metal maniac** on Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:44 pm

Bangover wrote:Sounds like it could be the contacts being wank. Try getting some contact spray and giving it a quick spray from the top and bottom, however im guessing its the actual mechanisim, meaning you need a new one.

What kind of switch is it Faraz? is it a gibson-styley one or a fender styley one??

by **zykloned** on Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:36 am

It's a Les Paul stylee one!

I'll try getting hold of some of that spray, but I'm looking to change all my hardward anyway (to black, goffik innit :dance:

) so if it's really becoming a nuisance ( which it is!! ) I might just get a new one as suggested!

by **Mikey** on Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:24 am

As others have said, it sounds like you'l need a new switch, they're not too expensive, you'l find if you use your switch alot it will need replacing every now and then cause they're made pretty w*nkly.

by **James** on Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:31 pm

BEER CAN wrote:Stick em up your arse, faraz poo should do the trick

Donny the Ever-helpful!

by **thrash metal maniac** on Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:48 pm

zykloned wrote:It's a Les Paul stylee one!

I'll try getting hold of some of that spray, but I'm looking to change all my hardward anyway (to black, goffik innit ) so if it's really becoming a nuisance ( which it is!! ) I might just get a new one as suggested!

first thing to do is take the plastic bits off, then unscrew it and take it out if you can, then look at the mechanism as you flick the switch, it might be vagueley fixable!