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New PJ Mustang at Summer NAMM

#763
felis said:
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Brio - an update. First - I don't know if you're comfortable doing this, or if you might void your warranty, but I popped it open and took a look.
The switch has a plastic shaft in the center. When you operate it, it opens and closes metal flaps/plates on either side that the wires are attached to. This makes/breaks contact with the pickups.
The switch sits in a somewhat narrow slot. If it's not lined up straight with the slot it can prevent the metal from pushing open.
The switch needs to be lined up with the slot and then the round nut tightened.

Anyways, I made sure no wires were touching, gave it a shot of contact cleaner, and so far - so good. It hasn't cut out, lost volume, or given me any other problems, and I've worked it quite a bit. Hope it stays that way.
Hard to describe. I hope that made sense. I'm attaching some pictures that may help.
The solder work was better than I was expecting, but there was a lot of rough wood in the routed areas, and some lose wood chips on the bottom that I vacuumed out.

Also, I figured I'd give those flats a try. The E string has about 1/2 turn on the peg that doesn't have the silk on it. The rest look normal.
Those are medium scale and available to order at the big box stores.
They really knock a lot of the 'zing' off the sound. Mellows it out quite a bit. I just gave them a quick whirl, but I'm going to leave them on for a while to get a better impression of how they work with the bass. I'm putting a pic up of those too.

The pics - you've really got to see it in person and watch it operate to get a feel for what it's doing, and also for how it needs to fit.
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Thanks for that. I'm not worried about warranties. And I'll take a look at the slot the switch sits in to see how its lining up. I'm also very comfortable with wiring if I need to swap the switch out.
 
#764
It's not really a slot - it's an angled routed cavity. You can see it in the second pic on the previous page.

Of course, yours could be a completely different problem. But I hope it's something simple like I found.
 
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#770
felis said:
It's not really a slot - it's an angled routed cavity. You can see it in the second pic on the previous page.

Of course, yours could be a completely different problem. But I hope it's something simple like I found.
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New switch works like a dream. It's a little larger than the stock (the tip seems longer and they're not interchangeable like I'd thought) but the switching feels more substantial, and no crackle.
 
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Brio said:
New switch works like a dream. It's a little larger than the stock (the tip seems longer and they're not interchangeable like I'd thought) but the switching feels more substantial, and no crackle.
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Good to hear it and know that there's a replacement.
I haven't had any trouble with the switch
on the sonic blue one, since I took a look at it.
Still not positive what was wrong.

Did you see anything visibly wrong with the switch you replaced?
 
#773
OK -strange.
Was there wood chips or saw dust in your routed sections?
The only things I could think of that could have been wrong were the position
of the switch, or maybe something stuck in it.
Because I just did a simple re-adjustment of the position,
and a quick cleaning, and haven't had a problem with it since.

Just trying to get info here for people to use as a reference,
in case they run into something similar.
 
#774
I'm getting intermittent static on mine mainly when I turn up the tone knob. When I turn it back down it seems to go away (but renders the tone knob kind of useless). At least I think that is what is causing it. Switch was in middle position......I guess it is more of a random crackling noise. At first I thought strings were hitting the pickups, but I was not being "bombastic" as Norm Stockton likes to say......;)
 
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felis said:
OK -strange.
Was there wood chips or saw dust in your routed sections?
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No sawdust or wood chips. It was pretty clean throughout.

I didn't notice the position of the switch, tho I did see how it was a snug fit like you said.

It may just be a case of my lack of confidence in the old switch and being able to fix it for a couple bucks and 10mins worth of soldering.
 
#776
My torino red 'stang pj arrived today:hyper:.Very,very,very lightly used ,bought out of the classifieds here last week.It came with the nice fender ss gig bag!Super clean and better than new 'cause it's been prescreened for problems and defects by the original owner.Initial thoughts,i'd like a stacked vol. knobs so I could dial in just a little j in to the p sound.I like NOT having the strings thru the body and the regular top load bridge.It's seem a lot nicer that the mikey way I had.The only thing left to do is get some flats on her and tweek the set up a little once they settle in.So far nothing to grumble about other than it doesn't have tort on it.............yet.

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#777
Hey - it looks just like mine - the red one, that is. :D

Give it a little time and you might start to really like the switch.
I've got a p/j bass with stacked knobs, and it takes a bit of fiddling.
I don't play gigs, but I think if I did it'd be a hassle there.
The switch is a no-brainer.
Once it's dialed in, just flick it where you want and it'll sound good .

I put flats on mine and it's less jangly and a bit more beefy.
You do lose some of that high end zing though.

Anyways - it looks great. Congrats and enjoy.
 
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