product description on this website fails to mention that the thread on this switch knob is milled with an Imperial SAE 8-32 thread (commonly referred to as "in inches", as opposed to "metric").
luckily, Manufacturer's website mentions it right at the product's name, so it was easy to check out before buying. still... Webmaster, bitte die Beschreibung aktualisieren! :-)
why shall anyone opt to buy a toggle switch tip like this one, when there's one that does the same function at a price that's hardly one fifth of its own?
touch, it's my answer – touch, which shall rank not last, in the priority scale of any guitar- or bass player. as it happens, touching the one that costs one fifth feels totally different than touching this one.
it's milled from brass, so its (perceived) temperature is significantly lower than that of a "plastic" one.
and, being milled from brass, there isn't that annoying, quasi-cutting edge that divides most plastic switch tips along their length in two halves... this one's smooth as silk, and fresh to to the touch.
its top (the top of the tip, shall we say?) isn't as round as your typical switch tip: this one's slightly flatter, which adds to its distinctive look (and feel, too).
it is also perfectly polished, and the plating process that makes it black isn't simply a coat of paint... given its surface treatment, like any other piece of Schaller hardware, its look will be exactly the same after thirty years or more – you can bet on it, and win the bet, same as it happens for bridges, tuning machines, strap buttons, and pickup rings of the very same Original Innovator Manufacturer that made the most loved American instruments be considered reliable, too, in the times of their Golden Age...
of course you can have the same function accomplished by a much cheaper knob, or tip, ça va sans dire, it goes without saying – but, given how, at important moments in your playing, your fingers will reach out for it to make a change (in your playing's tone and style), why shan't you choose one switch tip that makes the difference?
and, why shall the contact to a switch tip be less rewarding than this? i mean, people who've never turned the tone pots on their guitars (and hardly ever will) actually buy capacitors that cost ten times this switch tip, and they can't even touch them... buy this, and your fingers will be forever grateful to you!
this tip, when you grab it and operate it, feels great, while at the same time it looks utterly refined, and precisely engineered, as no other switch tip does – it's worth its price in terms of touch quality, and looks alone, and on top of this it's Schaller, and will stay the same for decades...
if only more guitars of mine had switches with Imperial threads milled on their lever, i'd gladly have many of this installed at my home!
