4 way switch too deep.

How much do you need? I wonder if you could bend the offending lugs up so they don't contact the bottom of the cavity, or make a spacer out of pickguard material to raise the control plate a bit.

 

Maybe you could use an import 5 way switch and use the 5th position for cocked wah or something else.

 

Affinity bodies are thinner than the rest of Fender's line up. You will probably have to use another switch or modify the one you have. You do not have enough body thickness to remove a little wood to clear the switch

 

Truth

 

The switch I showed will fit a thinner body.

 

Kelvin if you can't bend those lugs enough to fit without causing you other issues you're probably gonna have to make a choice between shimming the control plate so it sits higher or an import switch like the one Glen Smith posted. There isn't much additional wood in that cavity to remove so if you try that approach I'd advise doing it little a time and only the minimum amount needed to get clearance. Good Luck.

 

I recently fitted a Grigsby 4 way switch in my Affinity. No problems with fit. You can get one from Northwest guitars in the UK. I ordered mine on EBay and paid postage, but I think if you order direct they don't charge postage.

 

This is the switch I use and had no problems fitting into my Affinity tele.

 

I'm thinking reverse the plate and use a 3P4T rotary. I like to think that I think outside of the box.

 

I fitted a 4 way Oak style switch in my beater Affinity, all I did was bend the bottom lugs on my switch a bit, and put some insulating tape under it so the wires didn't short out on the cavity shielding



I wouldn't try taking more out from the bottom of the cavity, as the thinner body might prevent this.

 

You could also go ahead and punch a hole through the body so that the switch will fit, and cover the resulting hole with a plastic cover plate. You wouldn't be able to recess the cover like you usually would like on a back routed body.

 

Oh yeah, you gotta do that!

 

as said the oak-grisby are slightly smaller than the CRL switches

 

Affinity's must be thin?..

my latest build is 40mm /1.6" thick... a 4 way fitted in the rout I made.. I think I left about 5mm of wood under the rout... it's not wafer thin under there... I did flatten the tabs down..it must be close to resting on the wood...

you could just dig a small groove under the switch area... just enough to let it sit in there?... it shouldn't go through the back?... I wouldn't rout down the whole cavity area...

 

Mines not an affinity but I think its similar, slim bodied, top strung squier. As you say, there's not a lot of room for routing even if it's just a few mm, I made a 4 way from axesrus for the cavity by bending the terminals up a bit and wiring from behind, but maybe I had more depth? Also have a look at the switch, are the screw holes raised at all or does the switch top fit flush I the control panel? Ou could gain 1mm there maybe?