Pick up selectors

UITA · 06-12-2012, 03:37 PM

So I want some info on these things. Just replaced one in my Burny and it has a very distinct click between positions....I Like it!! I'm guessing it's pretty cheap as I don't remember buying it and certainly haven't gone down the route of switchcraft etc.

So my question, of those who of you out there who like to do this kind of thing, can you let me know how they compare? What's the difference between switchcraft and CTS? I use the selector a lot in my playing so got to get it right.

Udonitron · 06-12-2012, 04:27 PM

Haha I think you are a few knobs short of a switch

UITA · 06-12-2012, 04:49 PM

No seriously, I want info. Just ordered three cheap ones for £2.99 each, compared to £15.00 for switchcraft!!!!

bluesyrat · 06-12-2012, 11:41 PM

after order info... bad choice mate

Anyway your cheap one will work fine for a while, then could (especially if you use A LOT) became loose. Quality construction is about conduction of the signal and durability in my opinion. Probably you will not remember that's so cheap for about a year. I said.

emptyisvarah · 06-12-2012, 11:49 PM

slapshot · 06-13-2012, 02:19 AM

you mean those cheap shorty open switches that when you flick em they make a definite click and it takes more than a nudge from a bees dick or a stiff breeze to switch pickups?

yeah they're cool.they seem to have stiffer metal contacts in them than a switchcraft.
Then again I'm basing this off a long switchcraft switch but yeah enlarging the hole,maybe needing a recessed nut for them?blah pass on that.metric shorty is the way to go.
besides how many guitars you had with the shitty box switch that still actually work fine?

same as this pot bullshit.get ****ed you need to pay $100 for a harness with CTS pots and uber dolla caps and anything less is garbage.

Udonitron · 06-13-2012, 09:20 AM

The newer box switches are great...no issues with mine thus far.

UITA · 06-13-2012, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluesyrat

after order info... bad choice mate

Well not really as I got a shit load of cash spare so if they work for a month and then break...but I liked them then all's good. Keen to hear from people who gig their guitars and had experience with them failing for real not hypothetically based on country of manufacture.

LeftyF2003 · 06-13-2012, 10:34 AM

I think we'll wait and see how you make out with them. I use Switchcraft in everything but my Mex fender which has whatever Fender gave it.

joebonsai · 06-13-2012, 10:45 AM

I've killed 2 cheap toggleswitches, means no neckpickupfunction
replaced to switchcraft, NOMORE problems!! I'm playing a LOT of gigs and I'm playing very HARD!!
Change it!!!
but with the Edwards I needed the short ones!!!

UITA · 06-13-2012, 11:34 AM

Yeah the one I replaced was a cheaper model but I have no idea of the history of the guitar so don't know why it's knackered. Think I'll give the cheap ones a test run in my rehearsal guitars, best not risk it in a live situation!!! I do like that confirmation click they have though.

bluesyrat · 06-13-2012, 12:10 PM

UITA what happens?! This post is USEFUL!

UITA · 06-13-2012, 01:22 PM

Is it!!!! Ah hell!!!! Forgot to take the meds.

Udonitron · 06-13-2012, 03:04 PM

It is soooo unlike you UITA to help people or make useful posts.
I am concerned.

emptyisvarah · 06-13-2012, 06:11 PM

Lol

Angelloveguitars · 06-13-2012, 10:48 PM

I have this sound eehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh inside my head all the time.. how to click it off, man?...LOL

slapshot · 06-13-2012, 10:50 PM

it is a very high in the

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06-12-2012, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Udonitron 96 Yen Rate??...Oh Noes! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,106 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors Haha I think you are a few knobs short of a switch __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

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bluesyrat Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Latina, Italy Posts: 233 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Pick up selectors after order info... bad choice mate Anyway your cheap one will work fine for a while, then could (especially if you use A LOT) became loose. Quality construction is about conduction of the signal and durability in my opinion. Probably you will not remember that's so cheap for about a year. I said.

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slapshot Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Fishing.it's like yoga but I get to kill something Posts: 17,834 Thanks: 207 Thanked 68 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors you mean those cheap shorty open switches that when you flick em they make a definite click and it takes more than a nudge from a bees dick or a stiff breeze to switch pickups? yeah they're cool.they seem to have stiffer metal contacts in them than a switchcraft. Then again I'm basing this off a long switchcraft switch but yeah enlarging the hole,maybe needing a recessed nut for them?blah pass on that.metric shorty is the way to go. besides how many guitars you had with the shitty box switch that still actually work fine? same as this pot bullshit.get ****ed you need to pay $100 for a harness with CTS pots and uber dolla caps and anything less is garbage. __________________ Notes From The Workshop

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Udonitron 96 Yen Rate??...Oh Noes! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,106 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors The newer box switches are great...no issues with mine thus far. __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

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06-13-2012, 10:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
LeftyF2003 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: An island in the middle of a lake somewhere Posts: 3,037 Thanks: 9 Thanked 19 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors I think we'll wait and see how you make out with them. I use Switchcraft in everything but my Mex fender which has whatever Fender gave it.

06-13-2012, 10:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
joebonsai Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Duesseldorf/Germany Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 226 Thanked 164 Times in 41 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors I've killed 2 cheap toggleswitches, means no neckpickupfunction replaced to switchcraft, NOMORE problems!! I'm playing a LOT of gigs and I'm playing very HARD!! Change it!!! but with the Edwards I needed the short ones!!! UITA likes this.

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bluesyrat Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Latina, Italy Posts: 233 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Pick up selectors UITA what happens?! This post is USEFUL! UITA likes this.

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Udonitron 96 Yen Rate??...Oh Noes! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: On an Island in BC Posts: 11,106 Thanks: 25 Thanked 56 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors It is soooo unlike you UITA to help people or make useful posts. I am concerned. bluesyrat likes this. __________________ Tales From The Woodheap Flickr

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emptyisvarah Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,093 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors Lol

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Angelloveguitars Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Earth Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Pick up selectors I have this sound eehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh inside my head all the time.. how to click it off, man?...LOL

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