The Free-Way switches look like a great upgrade to the traditional 3-way switches.

They seem to basically be Superswitches for Les Pauls or other guitars that use 3-way Gibson style toggles. They double your switch positions from 3 to 6 and give you access to single-coil modes, polarity and series/parallel switching. No routing and they still look like traditional switches.

Two versions:
Free-Way Switch
Free-Way Ultra Switch

Very Cool

I've got one - the first one I put in gave problems, so I got it replaced for free. The replacement is now giving problems (sometimes the neck pickup doesn't engage on the first try). I can't remember the brand that I'm using - if anyone's got a reliable 6 way toggle, let me know what it is!

That said, when it works, it works really well, and it's great to have all the extra options on a single switch!

I've been wondering about these- cool idea, but it looks like murder to solder

peterleroux wrote: I've been wondering about these- cool idea, but it looks like murder to solder

...and they won't necessarily fit in the old switch's cavity - I had to remove a tone knob and put the switch in its place (of course I could have enlarged the cavity, but I didn't want to do that).

ParadoximA wrote: I've got one - the first one I put in gave problems, so I got it replaced for free. The replacement is now giving problems (sometimes the neck pickup doesn't engage on the first try).

Ah. Did you get yours from Stewmac?