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Mod to improve feel and reduce switch travel.

Courtesy of and reprinted with the approval of blu on Discord.

in my attempts to reduce travel distance on mechanical frets I made a fret that feels in-between mech and cut silicone. It both decreased the travel distance and acted like a cushion when the switch bottoms out it has the action of a mech fret but when it bottoms out it feels exactly like silicone frets. I haven’t played too much with it, but it feels nice, damn it feels really nice.

i just got the travel distance for my frets below 1mm they’re silent too. They’re actually so silent that i can hear the acoustics of the hollow neck when I press them down.

The only tools required are a set of tweezers and a pair of scissors to cut the rubber band.

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[box type=”warning”] This content is provided as a feature for advanced modders. Attempt this at your own risk. HobbyCNC makes no guarantees or promises.[/box]

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Open the switch

To open the switch, insert tweezers inside the clips on the switch and lightly pull upwards and outwards

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Repeat on the other side

Afterwards the switch can be fully disassembled.

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Cut rubber band “pad”

Once the switch is disassembled, cut a square piece out of a #16 rubber band . . .

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. . . and insert it into the hole on the bottom of the switch.

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Fully seat the “pad”

Make sure it’s all the way in by lightly pushing it downwards.

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Reassemble

Once the rubber band is inside, the switch can be reassembled.