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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:22 pm 
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Location: Cartersville, GA
First name: Barry
Last Name: Clark
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Country: USA
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I have an old Gretsch that I brought back from the dead with the help from a luthier friend. We kept the electronics as it would have been back when the guitar was originally built and that includes 2 volumes, a master volume, a standby switch (3-way toggle), a pickup selector (3-way toggle) and a tone switch (3-way toggle).

I am planning on dropping the tone switch and replacing the standby with a tone knob.

Other than using washers, what other methods are out there to get the smaller threaded shaft of the pot secure in the larger hole intended for a switch? Glue and cut a dowel then drill?

For the tone switch that is being removed, anything thoughts on a temporary plug so I don't just have a hole in the top?

Thanks!


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:39 am 
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Location: Magnolia DE
First name: Brian
Last Name: Howard
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Zip/Postal Code: 19962
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I use small pieces of vinyl tubing to bush pot and switch shafts when needed to get new components to fit. Works very well with no permanent modifications. For the switch you no longer want to use, I would just leave the deactivated switch in place. It fills the hole and looks like it belongs, no one needs to know it's a dummy.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:42 am 
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Location: Cartersville, GA
First name: Barry
Last Name: Clark
City: Cartersville
State: GA
Country: USA
Focus: Repair
Status: Amateur
B. Howard wrote:
I use small pieces of vinyl tubing to bush pot and switch shafts when needed to get new components to fit. Works very well with no permanent modifications. For the switch you no longer want to use, I would just leave the deactivated switch in place. It fills the hole and looks like it belongs, no one needs to know it's a dummy.

Thanks! I'll give it a shot for sure!

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