JohnW63
Enlightened Member
That took some tiny mirror effort. The switch has lots of " stuff " under the tip shaft. It looks like this:
StewMac metric switch
It's a close fit top to bottom. What I see, once I took the switch out is what appears to be white polishing compound residue and clear varnish on the top of the switch threads. Did that shoot the clear and polish with the switch in place? The solder spots look clean and shiny. No cracks I can see. The contacts look clean. With the switch out of the body, I get readings from the output jack , with tone and volume maxed 1 way = 7.5k ohm, middle = 3.87 k ohm, and the other way = 8.1k ohm That seems more reasonable. However, as my lovely assistant Mrs. W twirled the volume controls the the values jumped all over the place and very high ohms. At the ends they were stable. I also found, with a live test, the volume of each cut off way before the 0. More like at 8. Seems both my volume pots need to be cleaned properly. They look easier to remove. Now, I have to get the switch back in and in the right position.
StewMac metric switch
It's a close fit top to bottom. What I see, once I took the switch out is what appears to be white polishing compound residue and clear varnish on the top of the switch threads. Did that shoot the clear and polish with the switch in place? The solder spots look clean and shiny. No cracks I can see. The contacts look clean. With the switch out of the body, I get readings from the output jack , with tone and volume maxed 1 way = 7.5k ohm, middle = 3.87 k ohm, and the other way = 8.1k ohm That seems more reasonable. However, as my lovely assistant Mrs. W twirled the volume controls the the values jumped all over the place and very high ohms. At the ends they were stable. I also found, with a live test, the volume of each cut off way before the 0. More like at 8. Seems both my volume pots need to be cleaned properly. They look easier to remove. Now, I have to get the switch back in and in the right position.