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Post subject: Can I make Pickup Selector smoothly?
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:35 am
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Hi Im using 5 way pickup selector.

It is hard to switch. I just want to make it smoothly and switch with least power.

Can I repair it without whole part change?

...Lubricate or loosen screws or etc...


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Post subject: Re: Can I make Pickup Selector smoothly?
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:43 pm
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Normally, using the switch doesn't require much force, so a little background, please:
What guitar, how old, has the switch been replaced before this stickiness began..?

One situation where a switch may become hard to move is (usually on some Squiers) upgrading an (Alpha-style) import switch to the "usual" lever (CRL/Oak Grigsby-style); the routing may be too shallow and the switch hits the wood. But the main symptom of this is usually that the switch or some positions don't work.

Anyways, you can always try what a little contact cleaner with lubricant does.


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Post subject: Re: Can I make Pickup Selector smoothly?
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 2:21 pm
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jmattis wrote:
Normally, using the switch doesn't require much force, so a little background, please:
What guitar, how old, has the switch been replaced before this stickiness began..?

One situation where a switch may become hard to move is (usually on some Squiers) upgrading an (Alpha-style) import switch to the "usual" lever (CRL/Oak Grigsby-style); the routing may be too shallow and the switch hits the wood. But the main symptom of this is usually that the switch or some positions don't work.

Anyways, you can always try what a little contact cleaner with lubricant does.


+1 on all points.

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Post subject: Re: Can I make Pickup Selector smoothly?
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:37 pm
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jmattis wrote:
Normally, using the switch doesn't require much force, so a little background, please:
What guitar, how old, has the switch been replaced before this stickiness began..?

One situation where a switch may become hard to move is (usually on some Squiers) upgrading an (Alpha-style) import switch to the "usual" lever (CRL/Oak Grigsby-style); the routing may be too shallow and the switch hits the wood. But the main symptom of this is usually that the switch or some positions don't work.

Anyways, you can always try what a little contact cleaner with lubricant does.


Thanks for the reply.
My guitar is made by local brand (not US).
And it is worth $200 the new one (like squier inffinity).

Let me try contact cleaner first and find new lever.
Thank you so much.


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