esquire wiring issues

cliffie · February 4th, 2008, 10:27 AM

I was trying to wire up an esquire yesterday and tried several different diagrams, failing each time to get any signal or a signal in more than one switch pos., until I realized the culprit was probably this switch:

There's no way the standard diagrams would work with this one, considering where the lugs are engaged by the lever. Anybody wired one of these up in an esquire config. before?

Jellecaster · February 4th, 2008, 10:50 AM

No, but I tried to use one in my new project over the weekend at it only worked in the bridge position. I replaced it with a genuine Fender and had no issues. I'm going with genuine Fender from now on!

mellecaster · February 4th, 2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellecaster

No, but I tried to use one in my new project over the weekend at it only worked in the bridge position. I replaced it with a genuine Fender and had no issues. I'm going with genuine Fender from now on!

+10....for all of these posts about switches & wiring woes...$11.00 can save a lot of headaches...Oak-Grigsby or CRL Switches....It's what Leo would want ya to use.........

cliffie · February 4th, 2008, 11:35 AM

In my case, this was the one already in the guitar, which is a parts tele I had put together for me 4 or 5 years ago... I didn't realize quite what an oddball it apparently is until I'd already blown a number of hrs. on it.

I'm sure someone very familiar with the standard switch would recognize how this one differs and would be able to transpose from the diagrams, but I'm not that experienced, nor am I clever enough to figure it out just by looking...

Guess I'll just invest in a standard switch.

JDRNoPro · February 4th, 2008, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellecaster

No, but I tried to use one in my new project over the weekend at it only worked in the bridge position. I replaced it with a genuine Fender and had no issues. I'm going with genuine Fender from now on!

Did you see my recent Esquire project thread re: no output signal? You and others may already be familiar how the Fender switch needs to be wired with respect to lug position but I had to figure it out........

cliffie · February 6th, 2008, 05:35 PM

Picked up an allparts 3-way switch, standard, and had NO issues wiring it up.

Stay away--very far away--from those Japanese DM-30s, folks. Nothing but trouble.

Here's a pic:

February 4th, 2008, 10:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
cliffie NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Belton Posts: 7	esquire wiring issues I was trying to wire up an esquire yesterday and tried several different diagrams, failing each time to get any signal or a signal in more than one switch pos., until I realized the culprit was probably this switch: There's no way the standard diagrams would work with this one, considering where the lugs are engaged by the lever. Anybody wired one of these up in an esquire config. before?

February 4th, 2008, 10:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jellecaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Hampshire, USA Age: 40 Posts: 2,146	No, but I tried to use one in my new project over the weekend at it only worked in the bridge position. I replaced it with a genuine Fender and had no issues. I'm going with genuine Fender from now on! __________________ It was born at the junction of form and function...

February 4th, 2008, 11:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
cliffie NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Belton Posts: 7	In my case, this was the one already in the guitar, which is a parts tele I had put together for me 4 or 5 years ago... I didn't realize quite what an oddball it apparently is until I'd already blown a number of hrs. on it. I'm sure someone very familiar with the standard switch would recognize how this one differs and would be able to transpose from the diagrams, but I'm not that experienced, nor am I clever enough to figure it out just by looking... Guess I'll just invest in a standard switch.

February 6th, 2008, 05:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
cliffie NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Belton Posts: 7	Picked up an allparts 3-way switch, standard, and had NO issues wiring it up. Stay away--very far away--from those Japanese DM-30s, folks. Nothing but trouble. Here's a pic: