Epiphone Casino Coupe Pickup Selector Switch

[Neldog63]

I need to replace the Epiphone brand toggle switch on my Casino Coupe.  I want to put in a Switchcraft one, and am curious if the connections are the same or if there are differences between them.

Has anyone had any experience with this?

Thanks,

Nelson

[Col Mustard]

I have an Epiphone ES-339 P-90 pro, which is similar to your guitar in construction.

All the toggle switches are similar, but it's so much hassle to get into the electronics of a "semi-hollow" guitar 

that I recommend you try EVERYTHING else first.  Get a can of DeOxit, and spray that switch before you

attempt to replace it.  This will likely solve your problem.

>If it does NOT, then you'll need to decide what to do.  You could try replacing only the switch. Tie a piece of fishing line

around your existing toggle before you unscrew it.    You'll want to have a long needle nose plier handy.  Everything has to 

go in and out the F-hole, because of the solid center block in your guitar. Be very careful not to nick the black paint

that Epiphone uses on the inside of the F-hole, to hide the layers of plywood they use for the guitar top, and to avoid the

expense of binding.  Solder the new switch on in the same way the factory part was connected. Use the fishing line to

pull it back into the hole in the top.

>Or you could take your Epiphone to the best luthier you can find or afford, and have that person replace the entire wiring

harness with high quality parts. I did this on my ES-339, because I figured that if one part failed, they all were suspect.

I also decided it was worth paying a guy to do it who knows how, and spend my time playing music instead of cursing the

makers of my guitar.  I also paid the luthier to replace everything because I am SO FOND of my Epiphone.

>I have fallen head over heels for my Epi, and now that I've replaced dodgy parts with good quality, my guitar can take its place

onstage alongside instruments costing eight to ten times what I paid, and not give up a thing.  I bought the ES-339 because I wanted

that guitar and I wanted that price.  

 

The price was low enough that I used the money I didn't spend... to buy a hard shell case and some good quality parts.  I ended up with

a really fine instrument.
 

Edited September 24, 2019 by Col Mustard

[Col Mustard]

We should petition Epiphone to build their ES series guitars with an access door on the back, 

like Les Pauls and SGs have. That would make our lives a lot easier, wouldn't it?

[kidblast]

On 9/24/2019 at 1:42 PM, Col Mustard said:

We should petition Epiphone to build their ES series guitars with an access door on the back, 

like Les Pauls and SGs have. That would make our lives a lot easier, wouldn't it?

!!!HERETIC!!!   LOL!  seriously, you make a point.. but the switch is close enough to the F hole to make it not quite such a night mare to get at it.