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    Overlord of Music keloooe's Avatar
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    hey guys, I am thinking of replacing the switch in my LP with a rotary switch when I get the cahs ro re-wire it, but there's no 3-way switch I can use! My tastes in music mean that sometimes i need to go from volume at 1 all the way to 10 then back again, and if I'm singing (which I can't do) or if I'm slow at backing it off (which I am) then I can't get it down in time, which means that I need to have the neck pickup backed off and quickly flick my hand up (which I can do!), and I can also do that on a rotary switch as well!

    So are there any good quality rotary switches that are 3-way and can you please explain the lug formation??

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    Pest

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    No.

    You will need to research what you want to do. Too many variables....
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    hey Pest,
    yes Gav is right you will have to search on the web. No idea what they cost but maybe a volume foot pedal would be easy to adjust the volume. I never have to worry my volume never leaves 10 !
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    Overlord of Music Fretworn's Avatar
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    The simple answer to your question is, yes, you can get a three position rotary switch, as I have one instead of a tone control in my Profile Tele.
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    Overlord of Music keloooe's Avatar
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    Yeah, I know there are some guitar rotary switches that are 3-way, Maton use them, so do Epiphone on the EB-3 bass!
    Gav, I'll be doing some "homework" tomorrow when my laptop runs faster

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