No matter how many things I've tried, I cant, for the life of me, figure out how to keep the switch knob on my Fender Telecaster switch for very long. Outside of outright super-gluing one on, how do you do it? It's the only type of switch I have this problem with.

So I need your highly intelligent scientific minds to shed some light for me. I just know some of you have your tricks to keeping one stable, and allowing it to be removable if ever needed.

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Get some of the glue from a gluestick, rub it under the cap and let it partially dry, until you can make a little ball of sticky mess out of it. Put that in the tip. That should help by filling in any gaps that might make it loose.

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Lock-tite...works for me.

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Maybe a little bit of BLU-TAC. I think you guys call it poster putty in the US.
The chrome knob on my Bass in held on by the stuff since the Allen key tightener went kaput. The gluestick idea should also work well.

STand very still whilst playing and, whatever you do, don't touch it....................

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speak slowly I'm a drummer too!!

And I proudly lack a stick or a kazoo up my arse...........

I use a little bit of paper folded over the end to make it a tight fit.

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Wipe a booger vertically around the switch lever and then push the knob on; once dried, problem solved and you can play like a champ!

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You dig?

Thanks for the responses everyone. Just to let you know, I have tried many different kinds of tape on the switch metal piece, the damn knob still comes off. I've also tried pappawookie's suggestion a few times as well, only to end up crawling on my hands and knees on a filthy stage to find it again.

I guess it's on to one of the glue-type suggestions. See if I can get that to work.

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Martian...LMAO...thanks, needed that after a long day...unless you were serious in that case...oh heck it is still funny!

T2

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Do you hit it when you're strumming? I guess you could make a set screw type mod or crimp the shaft. Glue may be the easy way. I would rough up the end of the shaft and use a drop of super glue, or shoe goo if want the ultimate bond.

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My ability to spell is in direct proportion to the amount of coffee I've had.

No. I don't hit it while I'm strumming. I'm usually right about where the neck pickup is. But in the middle of some songs I need to switch from Neck to bridge pretty fast. So it's not like I have the time to carefully grab it and switch. It's usually a quick swipe, and *fling* there it goes.

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You could try hot glue. The trick with hot glue is that when it comes time to unglue it just spread some alcohol on it which breaks the bond.

Arc

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Have you tried Teflon Plumber's tape-that works in a lot of similar applications.

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+1

This woke me up after that many serious answers

I'm gonna try that, I have the same issue with my strat switch -- the bugger will just fly across the room on a quick switch if I hit it too hard!

Any recommendations for a cheap, high quality hot glue dispenser for just one job?

Thank you!