Cruceanelli reso guitar 1965

[Bowhit111]

I have a 1965 cruceanelli imperial tonemaster guitar. And it's missing the four sliding switchs it needs. I've searched all around the web trying to find them for sale but no luck. I even had trouble finding what the switches look like. I need help here. Does anyone have the switches I need that they are willing to sell or know a place where I could buy replacements. There are pictures of the guitar and switchs I need. Thank you for looking. Also feel free to post you own weird vintage electrics here.

[Prostheta]

Wow, those are going to be like hen's teeth. Specialist doesn't even come close.

I would be tempted to suggest mounting a set of modern microswitches onto a PCB. The small plastic actuators on modern microswitches can be modified to mate with the big white toggles, basically flatted the top and drill in a small pin to correspond with the existing white toggles. Are the red/green bits visible indicators, or is that a coincidence?

Vintage cool man. They built it back to front and upside down though.

[Prostheta]

Sixties instruments might have used components with plastics that just perish and crumble....it might be impossible to find replacement parts that have even survived 50yrs! This would be cool if they cropped up though.

[curtisa]

Your chances of finding the exact assembly is pretty slim.  You might get lucky with something that looks similar from an old 60s radio or car stereo.

Strange-looking switch caps often turn up on those old transistor organs that you see in retirement homes - the ones with the built-in rhythm machine that plays the cheesy bossa nova backbeat.  The organs themselves can usually be had for cheap (or free!) from people who just want to get rid of a massive piece of furniture that never gets used.

Retrofitting a set of the slide toggle switches that Prostheta suggests would be another option.  If you know somebody with a 3D printer they may be able to make up replacement caps that look like the original ones but fit the newer-style toggle switches.

[Bowhit111]

Yea this guitar is missing the whole pick up switching system and was replaced with a toggle switch

[Bowhit111]

And I don't actually have the switches above only pictures

[Tim37]

I would make a new pickgaurd and use maybe the lower switch plate off a jaguar to keep the vib.

[Bowhit111]

Thanks everyone if you find the switches please tell me but in the mean time I may have found good replacement if they are the right size Chevy power window switches.

 

[Tim37]

Those switches are designed to return to a center neutral position they arnt gonna work in stock form

[Bowhit111]

Are the power switches spring loaded?

[Bowhit111]

Sound test

this guitar sounds amazing on the bridge it sounds like a ric and on the neck it sounds kinda like a strat.

IMG_0118.MOV

[Prostheta]

What kind of pickup coils are those? Sort of like single/P-90s?

I couldn't play that file, sorry. VLCPlayer (which is supposed to be able to play Quicktime files) just kicked it out.

[Bowhit111]

IMG_0118.MOV

[Bowhit111]

So all the other sound test uploads failed so here is the link to YouTube sound test

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LldGmoIj0ZE

[Prostheta]

I see what you mean about the Ric-ish sound. I bet that's a blast to play!