Some time later it ended up in two parts. Perhaps the force of the metal part of the switch cuts the plastic or cuts through a melting-area of the two tipparts (maybe this should be right-angled on the force-direction).
The metal piece inside the switchtip has sharp corners, it is not comfortable, and your fingers/handpalm will be scratched and bleeding after a session or concert (what is a great stage-act by the way).
- Halfmoon with broken tip
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Anyway, because I had to redneck my way out fast (these things happen when stores are closed, Murphy's law, you know the drill), I found some piece of tubelike shell, perhaps something like isolation-material. I glued it on the metal part of the switch again, using some two-component superglue. Make sure that there is no glue running underhand out of the tip into the switchconsole. Otherwise it is stuck to one position. If it does not hold, it could help to drill a few small holes into the metal tipholder first and let the glue fill it that so after harding the glue (and tip) will be intertwined with the metal tipholder.
- Half Moon New Tip
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Looks good! More important, a side-effect is that because the size of the switch-knob is a bit bigger it is easier to get it during basslineplaying with the left hand, although the original shape made it easer to leave the switch if it was not in the middle. I think the tip should be not too high, it will disturb the playing. Also it should be not too gummi-rubber like, too much grip slows down, in my opinion.
Now let's see how long this holds.
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