Switch type help please

hassleham

I’ve got an old Ibanez which is a copy of a Gibson professional from the seventies. These guitars had a “tone select” switch which switches between 3 totally isolated circuits in the guitar to give different settings. 
I need to replace this switch as it has broken but I don’t know what it is called and therefore can’t find it on google to buy a replacement!

Any ideas please?

cheers

stickyfiddle

What does it look like? 

It's probably a standard type of switch.

hassleham

It’s not a standard 3 way switch. It has 8 lugs - 1 in, 1 out and 3 pairs of in/outs for the loops.

sweepy

Like a Varitone but only 3 way ?

ICBM

What's the screw spacing? It looks like it might be a 'short frame' Strat/Tele-type 3-way switch. These were commonly used on Japanese-made guitars in the 1970s, and they're a pig to replace because they're unobtainable new and are not the same size as the standard US-made switch or the many modern versions.

Does it look like this? (32mm screw spacing)

Funkfingers

sweepy said:

Like a Varitone but only 3 way ?

The Vari-Tone is a rotary wafer switch.

The 3/2/1 Tone selector switch is a three-way, double pole, lever type. 

ICBM has probably correctly identified the MIJ switch type. 

hassleham said:

I need to replace this switch as it has broken

In what way? Is the switch physically destroyed? Have some of the contacts stopped functioning reliably? It may suffice to strip the switch down, clean the contacts, replace the spring and refresh the solder joints on the contacts.

hassleham

ICBM said:

What's the screw spacing? It looks like it might be a 'short frame' Strat/Tele-type 3-way switch. These were commonly used on Japanese-made guitars in the 1970s, and they're a pig to replace because they're unobtainable new and are not the same size as the standard US-made switch or the many modern versions.

Does it look like this? (32mm screw spacing)

Yup! 32mm

ICBM

As Funkfingers said it may be repairable, unless something like one of the paxolin pieces has cracked.

If it isn't, would you like that switch?

hassleham

@ICBM that would be awesome if you have it going spare! Sadly someone removed the previous switch and it fell apart and they lost some of the parts so I don't think it's repairable. Someone has then replaced it with a switch of the wrong size that doesn't fit the holes on the control panel, so now i'm looking for a replacement. Let me know how much you want for it. Cheers

hassleham

All sorted now, many thanks to @ICBM!!

Also thanks @Funkfingers for your input