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Sourcing a 4-way rotary switch with a long "collar / thread"

I've used a 4-way rotary switch for wiring up a neck/series/parallel/bridge setup (like on the Dingwalls), and would like to do so again, but the thickness of the electronics cavity in a few of my basses is thicker than the thread on all the "standard" 4-way rotary switches, as the one below:


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is there any place to source such a switch with a longer collar, so that i wouldn't have to file-down & re-shield my electronics cavity?

any suggestions welcome!
 
If you don’t find one you could attach the switch to a thin brass plate then screw the plate to the inside of the electronics cavity. As long as the shaft of the switch is long enough to go through and get a knob on. I had to do that with a multiple cap selector rotary switch when I forgot to tell the maker that it was through the body and not a pickguard. Worked out fine.

Having said all that, there are a couple of switches here that appear to be long shaft. You might have to contact them and double check if the measurements don’t come up.
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