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long shaft 3 position rotary switch...? where to find one?

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markblackmarkblack Frets: 1534
edited September 2023 in Making & Modding
I want to have a rotary switch on my new build. It's a two pickup, two knobs set up. But rather than a toggle switch I would like to add a rotary switch to do the usual neck on / both on / bridge on -  but I want to go through the body rather than a scratch plate so need a longer shaft (oh-er-missus)... dose such a thing exist? I've drawn a bit of a blank.

Cheers

Mark


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  • JonathangusJonathangus Frets: 4080
    https://www.jedspeds.co.uk/product-page/alpha-rotary-switch
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  • RolandRoland Frets: 8108
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  • markblackmarkblack Frets: 1534
    @Jonathangus cheers for that but the threaded part isn't long enough to go through the body - i don't think.

    @Roland I shall have a browse... cheers!
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  • JonathangusJonathangus Frets: 4080
    Ah, yes - I see what you mean.
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  • JonathangusJonathangus Frets: 4080
    Don't PRS sometimes use rotary switches on their carved top guitars?
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  • markblackmarkblack Frets: 1534
    @Jonathangus yes, I have one on mine - that might be what I use.



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    just wondred if anyone had used a longer shaft version.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Jonathangus said:
    Don't PRS sometimes use rotary switches on their carved top guitars?
    Yes - but the top is cut very thin around the switch and pot holes. My guess is that's why PRS started doing the 'semi-recessed' knobs in the first place, to allow the switch to fit.

    Personally, I would not use a rotary switch unless you want pickup combinations that are difficult or impossible to achieve with a toggle - they're a faff to use.

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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    https://www.rapidonline.com/taiwan-alpha-sr2611-0403-38f5-make-before-break-rotary-switch-4-pole-3-way-79-0115
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  • markblackmarkblack Frets: 1534
    @Sporky thanks, but the threaded part is too shallow for my needs.

    @ICBM I don't want to do anything complex, it was more just a visual thing. I was trying to work out if I could do it with two push/pulls - but I need to do some googling as my brain isn't wired that way to work it out... pun intended!
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    markblack said:

    @ICBM I don't want to do anything complex, it was more just a visual thing. I was trying to work out if I could do it with two push/pulls - but I need to do some googling as my brain isn't wired that way to work it out... pun intended!
    Yes, you can - at the simplest, one on/off per pickup, which gives either pickup alone or both pickups in parallel. This has the advantage of being simple to wire up, but the disadvantage of having a 'both off' sound. If you want to make it (quite a lot) more complex to wire up, you can have it with either both pickups on but out of phase, or both pickups on in series, instead of the 'both off' setting.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • markblackmarkblack Frets: 1534
    @ICBM sorry, more questions - hope that's OK.

    do you mean like this for the simple set up?
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    markblack said:

    do you mean like this for the simple set up?
    Yes.

    Although the way they're drawn in the diagram indicates the opposite operation - they're shown with up being on. I agree that down for on is preferable, even if slightly less logical, since it avoids the possibility of accidentally knocking both pickups off. To achieve that, simply move the green pickup wires to the green links on the switches. (You don't actually need to link the unused terminals on the switches.)

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  • markblackmarkblack Frets: 1534
    @ICBM as always... yet again... many thanks!
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  • paulnb57paulnb57 Frets: 2884
    I did a similar thing with this joker
    I wanted it to be as uncluttered as possible, so the single volume is a pull pot which selects either neck or bridge, works for me and I am not bothered about having the two on together


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  • SporkySporky Frets: 23802
    edited September 2023
    markblack said:
    @Sporky thanks, but the threaded part is too shallow for my needs.
    Doh! Sorry. I got stuck on the long shaft bit, and didn't think about the collar.

    I'll see if I can remember/work out what I did with my NSG - that had a six-way rotary for pickup selection. 
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  • PennPenn Frets: 351
    I’ve been looking at rotary switches and trying to work out how to do this with P90s but I really am hopeless at wiring. 

    I’d be curious to see how you manage to get it to work. 
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