Hello new friends.
Sorry that my first post is an info request. I'm a bit of a gearhead and tweaker, build my own pedals and amps, so in return I hope to be able to help with queries in that area.
So, any road up, I just bought myself a Vibraslim. This:
In quite amazing condition for something around 50 years old. Wish I could say the same about myself. Plays like a dream. Wish I could say etc etc. Sounds great through an AC15.
However, all is not perfectly perfect. The pickup selector switch doesn't work properly, and the dual tone controls don't do a thing. I mean, you can turn them, but it doesn't have any discernible impact on the sound.
It has these lovely pickups which, unless I'm mistaken, are Bar O Matics:
Again, unless I'm mistaken, the neck pickup is a humbucker and one of the tone controls should progressively wind in the hum cancelling coil. Or something like that.
So, questions:
1. Can anybody point me at a schematic for the circuit, or shed any light at all? I'd like to fix it up, but it would be nice to have a an idea of what I'll find before I take everything apart.
2. Any ideas where I might be able to get a replacement switch? Probably I could get away with a standard pickup selector at a push, but the one that's fitted has a knurled shaft and no tip. Not a big deal, I guess, but it would be nice to keep it original-looking if possible.
3. Ever seen a black one? I don't think it's been refinished. If it has, it was done very very well a long long time ago. But I'm 99.9% certain it's original. And I've never seen a black one.
Thanks for your help, and I look forward to 'meeting' you.