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eastcoastepic
Advanced Member Username: eastcoastepic
Post Number: 269 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 5:24 pm: | |
I presume the Mothership is quite busy these days, so I shall post this to the club. My 4 way selector switch has increasing side to side 'play' when in any position, and the knob is secured to the post. I am afraid she will not switch out of 'off' one day soon; is this selector available commercially (i.e, StewMac), or is it best to obtain from Alembic? Many thanks, Chris |
sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus
Post Number: 3745 Registered: 5-2009
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 5:46 pm: | |
Alembic . Call or email Alembic . |
eastcoastepic
Advanced Member Username: eastcoastepic
Post Number: 270 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 - 7:33 pm: | |
Attempted an email, no response; perhaps I should ring them up....thx. |
jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj
Post Number: 550 Registered: 8-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 12:15 am: | |
Chris, Can you tell if the entire switch is moving in its brass mounting plate? As in, has the mounting nut simply come loose? If you remove the knob (with the correct hex key) you will be able to tell. Hopefully that's the answer because it's an easy fix! If you determine the switch is indeed failing, that is best purchased pre-wired from HQ as it's surprisingly complicated. And you will still need some soldering skills to install it... Jimmy J |
eastcoastepic
Advanced Member Username: eastcoastepic
Post Number: 271 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 2:39 pm: | |
Sheesh, how embarrassing! Jimmy, when you're done touring, I'm sure Alembic will hire you in the tech support department; it seems the mounting nut had indeed been loosening slightly evermore in the past year and a half (as my performance schedule had increased), and that was indeed the problem. My sincere thanks for the suggestion, JJ, and the next time you're in central NJ the beer/whiskey is on me...... Happy Thanksgiving all, Chris |
jimmyj
Senior Member Username: jimmyj
Post Number: 551 Registered: 8-2008
| Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 5:15 pm: | |
That's excellent! It was a lucky guess on my part but glad to help out, as is everybody in here. Cheers! Jimmy J |