500K Push Pull Pot

[ChamberMonk]

Hi, I just brought a 500k Push Pull pot. Meaning that when you pull it you can turn it or when you push it in you can turn it.This is so you can have 1 pot for two functions I guess. Ill attach some pictures. Im just wondering how I would wire it into the circuit Thanks.

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[soggybag]

I'm not sure if I understand what you are describing. But that looks like a 500K pot with a push/pull DPDT switch.

[Peter Snowberg]

Think of it as a normal 500K pot and a normal DPDT switch that only require a single hole. The switch and pot are electrically independent.

[littlegreiger]

What circuit do you want to put it in?

[Also Wik]

I've never seen a push/pull pot with that function. Wouldn't it be that the switch is a completely independant entity and the pot still only controls the same thing? Thats how it is with the only push/pull I've ever seen/used - it splits or combines the two coils of my humbucker, but it still controls the same thing no matter what position it is in.

[twabelljr]

One popular application for those is to replace a volume or tone pot on a Strat with the potentiometer portion, and modify the 5-way switch wiring to use the DPDT switch to allow the bridge/neck pick-up combination and bridge/middle/neck pick-up combination.

[Alex C]

Both of my guitars have one of these in the tone pot position, for splitting the humbuckers to single coil. 
I've only seen them on a few pedals, namely one of the Barber "Drive" something-or-other.  Direct drive?

EDIT:  Yes, the Barber Direct Drive.   Pulling up on the tone knob switches in the "Fat Harmonics" mode.

[mojotron]

Anyone have a part number at Mouser or digikey for a 500kA pot like this with a DPDT - I'm looking to put something like this on my guitar as a volume/coil split.

[twabelljr]

Allparts: Ep_0286-000 $9.00

http://www.allparts.com/categories.php?cat_id=616&cat_name=500K POTS

[Dave Eason]

I put those style pots in a Squire Esprit,  so you could split the coils with the switches - a nice function! All humbucker'ed guitars should have that feature and take a leaf out of the yamaha sg book.  It gives the instrument a whole new range of sounds making it more versatile.  Its a shame my gibson sg has just a "hot" and earth coming out of each pickup; i'd definately mod it if the coils had independant cables coming out.  I suppose you could break into the pickup to do it, but I fear I'll damage the coils or something.  Shame, because I like the gibson pickups, and coil splits would be great!

[mojotron]

Also, Gibson's HB pickups sound pretty awesome in SC mode - but ya, you have to be careful modding pickups. The best way to go is to just get a set of Dimarzios.