Looking for 50's Magnatone parts

Judith A Helms · From: Idaho, USA

My husband is working on my 1950's Maestro, triple neck. We are looking info on the neck switches, A and B. I also have a diagram available if needed.

Any help is appreciated.

Judy

Paul DiMaggio · From: Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

I have a 50s Maggie Lyric and the selector switch wasn't working very well. So I carefully took it apart by prying up the rim and found that what ever they used as lube had hardened . I cleaned it up and used a tiny bit of 3 in 1 oil and put it back together. The rim that is folded over didn't return to it's former shape but the switch works.

Judith A Helms · From: Idaho, USA

Thank you for the tip.

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

I can't tell from the photo what type of potentiometer and switch you're looking for, but Stewart-MacDonald is a recommended online supplier.
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Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Yeah, new pots can be purchased at StewMac and many other places. Just standard guitar pots. Be sure to buy the same value pots though: 250K or 500K, etc. The neck switches will be harder to find. It's doubtful that you'll ever find original, used Magnatone switches, so you'll have to try to repair/clean those ones. Or you could replace the switches with a different style of switch, but that might require some cobbling of the control plate.
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Don Barnhardt · From: North Carolina, USA

I have a neck selector switch for a lyric. I'm not not sure if it works or not but you're welcome to it. Contact me dbsb@ptmc.net

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