Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

Christopher Caruana

Christopher Caruana

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Need some 500k push/pull volume pots for my LP so I can get some sing coil sounds as well as humbucker sounds. The only problem is that LP has long shaft pots as opposed to the short ones Gibson usually uses.

I have not been able to find any replacement push/pull long shaft pots. I just seem to find the short ones, the problem is that they will be too short.

Anyone know where I can get 2 long shaft 500k push/pull pots for my LP?
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

What about the Triple Shot Mounting Rings? I know they're alot more expensive than pots, but they seem like they'd be alot easier to mess with on a Les Paul.
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

super rad stuff said:
http://www.wymoreguitars.com

specifically:
http://www.wymoreguitars.com/Pot-500K-Audio-Taper-Split-Shaft-DPDT-PushPull-Long-Shaft_p_517.html
it's the right height and diameter for USA sized holes, unlike the metric ones from stewmac.
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That picture looks like import metric pots.

I've bought log shaft CTS 520K SPST pots from Black Rose Customs, whom I'm told is now Wymoreguitars. I'd contact them and see if they have any left.
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

DonP said:
That picture looks like import metric pots.

I've bought log shaft CTS 520K SPST pots from Black Rose Customs, whom I'm told is now Wymoreguitars. I'd contact them and see if they have any left.
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they're definitely metric, though they are alpha. i've ordered quite a few of these before, albeit the short shaft version.
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

the guy who invented fire said:
DUDE...FORGET ALL THIS STUFF!!!

Trust me and call DiMarzio and order 2 from them, they offer them in short and long shaft they are a little more money than the others you'll find but they are MUCH better made and will last for YEARS. DiMarzio will sell you them direct over the ohone with a credit card and ship right to your front door. They are made by CTS custom for DiMarzio and are really high quality.
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I´d honestly rather rewire my entire arsenal daily at full cost than buy anything with Larry´s name on it, for reasons that have been discussed in depth multiple times over the years.

Sometimes it´s not the product quality that should influence your decision the most, but who´s selling it and what they tend to use the income for. ;)
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

Zerberus said:
I´d honestly rather rewire my entire arsenal daily at full cost than buy anything with Larry´s name on it, for reasons that have been discussed in depth multiple times over the years.

Sometimes it´s not the product quality that should influence your decision the most, but who´s selling it and what they tend to use the income for. ;)
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Thats your opinion but it has little to nothing to do with this question or my answer...
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

the guy who invented fire said:
Thats your opinion but it has little to nothing to do with this question or my answer...
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Au contraire. It has everything to do with the latter.

You deemed necessary to more or less denounce every other pot by every other maker as a direct result of their stellar quality. A "Pro" to the DMZ product and a "Con" to every other pot available.

THIS is something I did not openly question, though I have strong doubts as to what the differences in specs and tolerances to a "normal" (but thereby apparently inferior) CTS Push-pull pot are.

If these pots are so unbelievably übermega****inghyperoutstanding, then there must obviously be a reason other than the quality why most guitarists, manufacturers and luthiers use other brands. Surely that 1$ difference can´t be the reason if they´re that much better...? :eek13:

Any THAT`S why I posted. Any product being considered for purchase by anyone should be thoroughly examined for Pros and Cons, in the interest of not shafting oneself. Especially because NO PRODUCT ON EARTH has Pros without Cons, including 02 and H20.

In this case, the quality is apparently the "pro", and the "con" is not with the pot itself, but with the egregious business practices of the company distributing them.

Ergo If they truly are as megabadass as you purport, then the company must REALLY be doing something wrong so that of the thousands of manufacturers out there almost nobody is using them as stock equipment, including those that strive for quality above everything else. Those people and companies almost universally use the (apparently heavily inferior) CTS or Alpha pots.

Part of being a professional is informing people of mistakes in advance instead of just cashing in on the damage. Another part is telling people things they should know even if they don´t want to know about it. Just because the Emperor doesn´t want to hear about it doesn´t mean the Huns didn´t already sack Pisa and start to head towards Rome ;)
 
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Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

Christopher Caruana said:
Need some 500k push/pull volume pots for my LP so I can get some sing coil sounds as well as humbucker sounds. The only problem is that LP has long shaft pots as opposed to the short ones Gibson usually uses.
I have not been able to find any replacement push/pull long shaft pots. I just seem to find the short ones, the problem is that they will be too short.
Anyone know where I can get 2 long shaft 500k push/pull pots for my LP?
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CTS makes custom, long shaft, high quality Push/Pull pots in both 500k and 250k that can be bought factory direct through DiMarzio.

If you simply call the main number you can place an order with them using a credit or debit card.

I only mention them because I had a heck of a time with push/pulls a few years ago until getting some from DiMarzio.

Best of luck
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

ok another question, Im checking out Dimarzio's stuff and see 2 different pots. What is the difference between a regular push/pull 500k pot and a push/pull "custom taper" 500k pot?
 
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Look closer...one listing is for Custom Taper Pots in 250k, 500k and 1 meg and the other listing is for push pull pots in 500 and 250k...

Just call the 1800 number and tell them you need long shaft push pulls in 500k values...they will get you hooked up.
 
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Christopher Caruana said:
The only problem is that LP has long shaft pots as opposed to the short ones Gibson usually uses.
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OK, dumb question time......are you absolutely sure you need the long-shaft pots? That's what I thought with my LP, but mine's an Epi. that uses short-shafts, wheras I see by your sig. your may be talking about a Gibson. Is your arch-top thick enough to need the long-shafts?

For Push/Pull pot selection, I'd go with a CTS Linear taper VS an Audio taper, though I think most P/P pots are Lin./Tap.

I've only used P/P pots for tonal blends and separation between active and passive freqs on an EMG single humbucker on a bass......so disregard everything I've just said........except for the long and short of it......I'm curious to see which pots your guitar requires.......morbid curiousity, that's all.
 
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I'm having serious trouble just finding ANY 2 MATCHED long 500K pots at all, let alone quality ones and now push-pulls are all the rage. Right when I need 2 highest quality 500K longs and cannot find them. Everybody's gutting their L.P. Std.! Who wants a PCB when you can use replaceable Bourns pots? I just can't, after months and months, find 4 high quality pots that are long shaft. There is no way to tell beyond sight that what you buy on ebay or amazon, some guitar shop that when I turn my Bridge volume down to 5 and my Neck down to 5 that the sound quality and volume will match. Can I not "safely" buy pots without testing 100 of them and sending back 96? My album has been held up because of the "pot shortage" - pun intended- WHY does Bourns, after Gibson has been making guitars which require long shaft pots since, what, 1980?, not make a long shaft push pull pot? I'm seriously hunting and finding one regular long shaft here, one there. They won't match. Doesn't matter too much with the push-pulls but when using Seymour Duncan Pickups, I'm not screwin' around with my components. Liberator? 500K long? Projections? Help? Scott? Love Ya! Just keeping you on your toes,:scratchch
As if you need it. ;-) T1
 
Re: Need a couple of 500k Push/Pull pots for my LP

you'll enjoy the new tones available with the series/parallel push/pull pot.
 
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