Cts Push Pull Tone Pot Wiring
On these top quality cts control pots the switch contacts are on the side not the back.
Cts push pull tone pot wiring. The double pole double throw switch adds lots of wiring options. These aren t your standard off the shelf cts pots either. Whilst being identical electronically the dpdt solder points are in the format of a printed circuit board on the side rather than on top as with a classic push pull pot. This makes them shorter so they ll fit most guitars without routing only 1 cavity depth is needed.
The solder terminals are laid out a little differently but the connections are electrically the same. Unlike other push pull pots on the market which use mini pots these top quality push pulls are made from full size cts pots. This layout confuses many at first but they are actually very simple to use and a superior conponent. This is the best push pull potentiometer on the market.
When the push pull pot is down lug 3 and the cap are both connected to ground. When your push pull pot is down all the wiring is the same as a strat or a tele. With the terminator we can now bridge the dual value pots together for a higher value of 750k for those seeking a brighter twangier tone. The push pull pot turns a simple volume or tone control into a volume plus toggle switch or a tone plus toggle switch.
The switch contacts are side mounted which makes them ready to drop into most guitars without the need for deeper routing. Push pull pot faq coil splitting a humbucker pickup. Cts push pull pots are slightly different to your typical push pull pot. Like its predecessor each terminator cts goes to eleven volume and killer tone pot offers both 250k and 500k wiring options.
Add a switch without adding a hole. And our bourns yin yang push pull pots. Sized to fit more guitars. We had them custom made to our specification to have the smoothest taper possible and the tightest tolerance available.
You might also like this humbuckersoup article. The signal enters lug 1 of the volume pot and lug 1 is also connected to the input of the tone pot. The diagram below shows how the terminal assignments translate from one style to the other.