Gold slide switch screws?

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Gold slide switch screws?

Post by jfgesquire » Fri Jun 18, 2021 5:42 am

I have exhausted Google.

So as my title asks, does anyone have any suggestions for gold slide switch screws.

The search engine here excludes the word "gold" no matter how I try to include it, with + or quotes, this search does no work that way, and for my purposes was futile.

All gold hardware but with nickel screws for the slide switches looks wrong.

The size I see is #4-40 x 1/4" Phillips oval head.

I was unable to find #4-40 in any length in gold.

Is there a metric alternative? Possibly metric switches with metric screws and forego the Switchcraft?

Even gold screws for the JM pickups were hard to find.

This link is for a '94 MIJ with all gold screws - I think it looks good on the tortoise.

https://reverb.com/ca/item/11293399-199 ... c-hangtags

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Re: Gold slide switch screws?

Post by Ret Samzzaj » Fri Jun 18, 2021 6:08 am

Most metric slide switches (size normal Jazzmaster/Jaguar) will need size M3 screws, for example:

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https://www.conexscrews.com/product/DIN ... Brass.html

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Re: Gold slide switch screws?

Post by threewordname » Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:10 pm

Spray paint? :ph34r:

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Re: Gold slide switch screws?

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Fri Jun 18, 2021 1:53 pm

I've been wondering the same (and looking locally) for black screws for the same switches. They are very hard to find.
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Re: Gold slide switch screws?

Post by HNB » Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:00 pm

I found them in brass when I was trying to do the same sort of thing. I didn't find gold in the right size. Brass doesn't look too much off to bother most people visually.
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