Selector switch noise

[davidcrabb]

I have had my Variax Standard for a few years now and the 5 way selector switch has always been a bit noisy when using the mags. Not a real problem but just a hint of a bad connection. I have used contact cleaner in the past and that improves things for a while but it's starting to annoy me now!

I've looked on Full Compass but can't find the switch there. Does anyone know the part number and whether its as simple a job as it sounds to change it?

By the way I'm in the UK

Many Thanks

[psarkissian]

 

Tips on contact cleaners.

Full Compass does not ship out of the USA. Try E&M Electronics in Milton Keynes or Mark Wright Music in Northampton.

Mark used to be a tech at Line 6 Rugby when we had a location there.

 

[davidcrabb]

So are the switches available and, if so, what is the part number. In the past I have purchased stuff from Full Compass and a relation of mine, who lives in the US, has received it and sent it on to me. I must say that the help I have got here in the UK has been of the ' just send it to us and we'll fix it' type. I appreciate that a Variax is a complex thing but I'm a trained computer engineer and I believe that I can change a simple switch without too many problems - if only I could find out what part I need to buy. 

Thanks anyway for the info.

[psarkissian]

Go with a tech who knows the insides of these. 

 

 

[davidcrabb]

Thanks anyway.

Shame Line 6 can't supply parts for the guitar. I guess I'll either have to put up with it or move it on or strip it down and try and fix it. As I've got 3 Variaxes it's not really worth the effort.