3-way Switch - Scratchy In Center Position

[moozak]

i have a most excellent Studio Custom Redwood LTD...

when the p/u selector is in the center position... if you touch the tip of the switch (as if you're gonna switch it to neck or bridge p/u) there is a scratchy noise... quite loud... very annoying. if you switch it one way or the other hard and fast, it's barely noticeable... but it you're a bit slow in switching p/u's... it's pretty darned scratchy. i'm not talking about a grounding issue... it's more like the internal contacts have some sort of issue. dirty perhaps???

so... can this scratchy noise be cleaned up some how? is there a way to clean the contacts? or is it a bad switch? or is it something else?

any help appreciated.

thanks!

[JGale]

Oh uh. You have dreaded "three-way" switch disease. Better FedEx it to me overnight.

Hurry!

[murkat]

^ I just want to see that movie Mr. Gale is pimp'n....

whats the question?

oh yeah.

pull out your switch, 1500 wetdry lightly on the contacts.

you could put a lil coating of dielectric grease on the contacts after words just for the KY effect

[DaveL]

radio shack contact cleaner...

[moozak]

excellent! thanks for the replies!

[BubbaVO]

Oh uh. You have dreaded "three-way" switch disease. Better FedEx it to me overnight.

Hurry!

Yes. You should send him the switch right away. Send the rest of the guitar to me before it infects the rest of your electrical equipment.

[moozak]

sounds good... you guys give me a day or two to get'em split up and mailed out!