Modding the slider switch tip
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Modding the slider switch tip
This is the switch tip from a reel-to-reel TEAC machine, fitted over the top of a standard 2-way Jaguar slider switch to make the switch something other than black, white or red, which appear to be the only colours you can buy slider switches in!
Geeky I know, but someone had to do it.....next job is swapping out the 3-way PUP selector barrel switch with a Grainger nickel-plated solid metal knurled on. Oh, and changing the black witch hats for those cream ones which for some unknown reason cost a fortune (mine are coming from the USA...FFS).
Will of course post pics of that too, when done.
3F6413CF-1081-43B8-9E3F-FC57232C5960-88749-00001C2C61E76AFB by Luke Blair, on Flickr[/img]
Geeky I know, but someone had to do it.....next job is swapping out the 3-way PUP selector barrel switch with a Grainger nickel-plated solid metal knurled on. Oh, and changing the black witch hats for those cream ones which for some unknown reason cost a fortune (mine are coming from the USA...FFS).
Will of course post pics of that too, when done.
3F6413CF-1081-43B8-9E3F-FC57232C5960-88749-00001C2C61E76AFB by Luke Blair, on Flickr[/img]
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Re: Modding the slider switch tip
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Re: Modding the slider switch tip
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Re: Modding the slider switch tip
I really like the color but it looks like it would cut you up something fierce.
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Re: Modding the slider switch tip
Agreed. You could also spray paint the plastic to change the stock color?
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Re: Modding the slider switch tip
Yes I wondered if it would get in the way as it sticks out quite a bit more than the original one (technical term) but it’s fine actually and I realised have fitted it that it is in pretty much the same position as the toggle switch on a Les Paul.
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Re: Modding the slider switch tip
You could - I hadn’t thought of that - but this tip is actually metal which I quite like. The barrel switch tip I’ve ordered is metal too - made by some guys called Grainger who seem pretty cool.
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Re: Modding the slider switch tip
::sensible chuckle::lukejolyon wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 1:42 pm
You could - I hadn’t thought of that - but this tip is actually metal which I quite like. The barrel switch tip I’ve ordered is metal too - made by some guys called Grainger who seem pretty cool.