Quick (broken) switch question

[danomess]

Just managed to melt middle pickup lug on 5 way switch whilst removing excess solder , Can I as a temp solution, use the lugs on the other side? I'm trying to wire neck pickup on/off via a switched tone control.Wiring is in bits at the mo and I'd like to see if it all works today, need to order new switch
Cheers

[StevieRaveOn]

Yes. It is (electrically at least) symetrical

[danomess]

Cheers, just want to get it together, so I can have at tidy up

[zenzeypher]

I think the more predominant question here is, how the hell did you melt an entire lug

[zenzeypher]

Also if it's a 5 way Les Paul style switch, you can take the whole thing apart including the little brown separator boards and install a new lug if you have spares or something similar floating around...ive recycled old lugs and blades from older more knackered switches to repair other more knackered parts in others.

[ICBM]

Just managed to melt middle pickup lug on 5 way switch whilst removing excess solder , Can I as a temp solution, use the lugs on the other side? I'm trying to wire neck pickup on/off via a switched tone control.Wiring is in bits at the mo and I'd like to see if it all works today, need to order new switch

When you do, get a proper USA-made CRL or similar switch - not only are they much better switches in operation, better made and will last more or less forever, they also do not use plastic terminal boards and hence are un-meltable .

There's really no point in using anything else - they're only slightly more expensive than the junk switches.

[danomess]

When you do, get a proper USA-made CRL or similar switch - not only are they much better switches in operation, better made and will last more or less forever, they also do not use plastic terminal boards and hence are un-meltable .

There's really no point in using anything else - they're only slightly more expensive than the junk switches.

I would, but they don't fit, this was partly the main impetus for the Routing Rant thread I started

[ICBM]

I would, but they don't fit, this was partly the main impetus for the Routing Rant thread I started

I didn't read that before I posted on this one, but... rout it. There's no point in using a non-correct-size crap switch when making the cavity fit the proper one will be invisible once the plate is back on.