OK, I finally got back to it and purchased the replacement 5 way switch and push-pull pot today, as seen below.
I would just like to step back for a moment and rant about the "shopping online kills local businesses" thing. To me, it's fast, easy, and a hell of a lot cheaper to shop online. The thing I hate about real world shopping, music stores in particular, is the employee. Most music shops feature guitars more than anything else. Sure they have a drum set or two... keyboard or two... ten basses... Buncho amps. Music store employees all play guitar and in the most unimaginative way [compare to: bleached blonde bimbos, unimaginative at being bimbos]
I am not afraid to say it out loud... voice of a nation right here. Guitar players are the worst people on Earth.
OK, not a completely fair generalization, but a generalization nonetheless. The fact that it qualifies as an "unfair generalization" is proof enough for me that it is absolutely true. Worst people on Earth.
Anyway, the long and short of it is this: I was in a hurry and wanted to get these parts right now. So, I paid $31.96 to purchase from a real world store, lining the commission of hair-product-open-collar-guitar guy. Just did a quicky search online... Total before shipping? $9.57.
I'm sorry, Ye Olde Musique Shoppe, that you have to compete with places like GNC for monthly rent payments in your strip-mall store front. I really am.
I wonder if they sell anal lube up there...
OK, enough about that. Here are some pics as to why I need to rewire this thing with new switches.
Today's theme:
Don't ever pay me to do electronicalish work for you.
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Friends don't let friends High Life and solder.
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Too poor to expect more.
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Why's it gotta be so damn cold up in here when the electric bill is $150 a month?