Options for push pull pot

[nuntius]

I have 2 push pull pots in my guitar. Previously I had them for individual coil splits, but I changed the bridge bucker a while back for one that was 2 conductor, so the bridge coil split (on the tone pot) now does nothing.

My guitar is set up - H/H 1vol 1tone 3 way.

The neck is 4 conductor and the bridge is 2

Atm, the middle position is out of phase I think (well it deffinately sounds it). Could I have the pot to pull up for series push down for three way? Kill switch? Bypass straight to bridge bucker full volume+tone? Any other mods?

Cheers in advance

 

[Woodcutter]

Re: Options for push pull pot

I've thought anout using one to switch a pup in and out of phase.

 

[nuntius]

Re: Options for push pull pot

I've thought anout using one to switch a pup in and out of phase.

Would that work for the bridge pup it being only two conductor?

I'm a wiring n00b.. I thought that was what the four conductor versions were for :/

 

[Woodcutter]

Re: Options for push pull pot

I think so but I'm not shure. I just looked at the schematic on the SD site and it looks like you can.

 

[Artie]

Re: Options for push pull pot

Phase switching only requires two wires. You reverse the hot and ground. You only need 4 wires for parallel and splitting.

You could pretty much do any of those things you asked about. Its just a matter of wiring it up correctly.

 

[nuntius]

Re: Options for push pull pot

You could pretty much do any of those things you asked about. Its just a matter of wiring it up correctly.

Right so everything except splitting and parallel wiring will work?

Right, I'll have to have a think about what I wanna do and then come back for schematics in a bit :laugh2:

 

[Artie]

Re: Options for push pull pot

Right so everything except splitting and parallel wiring will work?

Right, I'll have to have a think about what I wanna do and then come back for schematics in a bit :laugh2:

Cool. But I may be slow. Its been a rough day, and I gotta go back and work on the ship again tomorrow. Saturday! :yell:

Be patient grasshopper. :laugh2:

 

[Boleslaw Gers 666]

Re: Options for push pull pot

If I have a strat with a '59 and 2 Antiquity Texas Hots, and I have a 250k and 2 500k pots, and I put in a push/pull 250k pot, can it make the pot function differently? Like I was going to have the one 500k be the '59's volume control and have the other 500k be its tone, and the push/pull 250k be volume when pushed down and tone when pulled up. I guess what I'm asking is can you wire a push/pull pot so that in one position it's a tone, and for the other it's volume (both modes would be for the 2 single coils). Did that make any sense?

 

[Artie]

Re: Options for push pull pot

I guess what I'm asking is can you wire a push/pull pot so that in one position it's a tone, and for the other it's volume (both modes would be for the 2 single coils).

Sure you can. I'll show you how if you don't mind waiting 'til tomorrow. I'm just dead tired right now.

 

[Artie]

Re: Options for push pull pot

Ok, I'm not saying this is practical, its just how you'ld do it:

Up for tone, down for volume. Also, you can't preset one, and go to the other. When it's a tone control, volume would be at "10". When its a volume control, tone would be at "10". More actually, in both cases. When its a tone, there is no volume, and vice-versa.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Options for push pull pot

I think phase switches are useless...who wants mosquito tone? Not me...

If your pickups are out of phase fix the wiring!

Then, if your neck pickup is a four conductor, I'd use one switch to make it a single coil and the other switch to switch it from series to parallel. That'll give you some nice clear rythym tones from the neck pickup.

Lew