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Where can I buy a switch tip for a PRS SE 3-way pickup selector?

ToneControlToneControl Frets: 12116
edited January 2021 in Making & Modding
I just got a used guitar with this missing
AFAIK this is a different size to USA PRS

it's a screw-on fitting
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  • SteveRobinsonSteveRobinson Frets: 7129
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    There are a couple of different sizes of thread but these might fit?
    https://www.axesrus.co.uk/Epiphone-Sized-Screw-Fit-Switch-Tips-p/epitip.htm
    Lacquer demos here: https://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/category/finish/
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 12116
    SteveRobinson said:
    There are a couple of different sizes of thread but these might fit?
    https://www.axesrus.co.uk/Epiphone-Sized-Screw-Fit-Switch-Tips-p/epitip.htm
    thanks Steve
    but I thought PRS were a different size?
    I have  (I think Gibson) one here that does not fit  the PRS SE
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  • mrkbmrkb Frets: 7055
    edited January 2021
    I think those switch tips can be for either 3.5mm or 4mm shaft diameters. Is the tip you have too big or too small?
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 73108
    There are three sizes - Switchcraft (USA), 'thicker' far-east, and 'thinner' far-east. You need the middle one, which is what Steve linked to.

    "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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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 12116
    ICBM said:
    There are three sizes - Switchcraft (USA), 'thicker' far-east, and 'thinner' far-east. You need the middle one, which is what Steve linked to.
    how do I measure it?
    I have a digital micrometer
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14795
    ToneControl said:
    I just got a used guitar
    One cutaway or two?
    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 12116
    edited January 2021
    I just got a used guitar
    One cutaway or two?
    2
    PRS SE Custom 2006 Korean
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 73108
    ToneControl said:

    how do I measure it?
    I have a digital micrometer
    Check the outer diameter of the threaded part.

    "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

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 12116
    ICBM said:
    ToneControl said:

    how do I measure it?
    I have a digital micrometer
    Check the outer diameter of the threaded part.
    seems about 3.3mm
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 73108
    edited January 2021

    seems about 3.3mm
    That’s the thin far-east type. Has the switch been replaced? If it has - with the ‘economy’ version, or even if hasn’t and is original like that - then I would suggest replacing the whole switch with the better quality type with a 4mm thread. The thinner version is just flimsy.

    "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

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14795
    The stock part will have been a generic SE Asian, short body, sprung leaf contacts type.

    My preference is to replace with a genuine Switchcraft toggle switch.

    It is now possible to replace a three-way switch with a rotary version of the Schaller Megaswitch. 


    You say, atom bomb. I say, tin of corned beef.
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