Push Pull Pot Wiring

[Stiffy]

500k I dont have strings on yet. I have this installed for bridge pup volume control for coil tap. I dont think I wired it right cause I am not getting any sound when I have it switched to the bridge pup. I soldered the white switch wire in the to middle and the silver switch wire and ground on the top middle left. Then I soldered the bridge pu white wire on the top bottom section, the silver in the middle bottom section and red on the bottom.

[Mattia]

Uh, make a little drawing, and tell us what brand of pickup you're using, maybe? Have you checked that the switch works properly (continuity check, multimeter).

[Stiffy]

Uh, make a little drawing, and tell us what brand of pickup you're using, maybe? Have you checked that the switch works properly (continuity check, multimeter).

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Sorry dont have the equipment to check the the push pull pot on whether it works or not.

[Mattia]

Dude, buy a multimeter. Like, 10 bucks at radio shack or similar. Seriously, it's a basic tool that you really should have for situations like this one.

[Stiffy]

The picture wouldn't save right.

Bottom left arrow represents the push pull pot.

[thegarehanman]

That schematic tells us absolutely nothing. That is not how you wire a volume pot. I have no clue what that toggle switch is supposed to do. That's not how you wire a coil tap, and I don't see a ground signal anywhere(asside from on the volume pot).You need to do some research on analog electronics and guitar wiring. Start here

Edited December 7, 2005 by thegarehanman

[Stiffy]

That schematic tells us absolutely nothing. That is not how you wire a volume pot. I have no clue what that toggle switch is supposed to do. That's not how you wire a coil tap, and I don't see a ground signal anywhere(asside from on the volume pot).You need to do some research on analog electronics and guitar wiring. Start here

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Sorry the link you provided doesn't appear to show push pull pot wiring of what I have. The toggle switch is a 3 way pickup selector. The push pull pot acts as a coil tap and volume pot. The ground is solder to the push pull pot.

[Stiffy]

Ok this is the original hookup before I installed the push pull pot.

[thegarehanman]

It wasn't supposed to tell you how a push/pull works. A push/pull pot is just a regular pot with a built in DPDT switch. The idea is that if you educate yourself on why things work the way they do, you'll be able to easily figure it out yourself. You wouldn't walk into a shop and start building a violin if you didn't even know how to use a handsaw, would you? Word of advice: you'll get much more help if you supply neat, easily read schematics.

peace,

russ

[thegarehanman]

I had some free time. For what it's worth, here you go:

Edited December 7, 2005 by thegarehanman

[Stiffy]

I cant really hear anything but when both pups are on the push pull pot I can turn the volume on and off.

[thegarehanman]

Listen, use that schematic to wire everything up and you'll be golden. Look at this as an opportunity to learn circuit symbols.

Edited December 7, 2005 by thegarehanman

[Stiffy]

Listen, use that schematic to wire everything up and you'll be golden. Look at this as an opportunity to learn  circuit symbols.

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Are you sure about that? It looks like half your diagram is missing.

[thegarehanman]

Missing? I assume you mean that certain symbols don't look exactly the same. The loops on mine represent the coils in each humbucker. The pickups selector switch in my schematic is a dptt. Seriously, take some innitiative here; use some deductive reasoning. That schematic is all you need to wire up your guitar with coil taps. If you don't want 2vol and 2tone, you'll have to rework it a little but not much. The bridge ground/cavity shielding, etc is excluded because it's inferred.

[x189player]

OK, what you have to realize is that on a push-pull pot, the switch and the pot are uncinnected. aside from the fact that the shaft controls both of them, it's otherwise like having a seperate switch and pot.

ok, on your drawing you connected all the pup leads to the switch. so it's not connected to anything.

here's a diagram of how to wire a switch for coil tap (and also phase reverse, good options for push-pulls). It's the same diagram for normal switches. jsut wire the switches as switches, and wire the pots like normal pots for the type of guitar you have.

hope this helps make it clear. shout if you need more help.

[Stiffy]

OK, what you have to realize is that on a push-pull pot, the switch and the pot are uncinnected. aside from the fact that the shaft controls both of them, it's otherwise like having a seperate switch and pot.

ok, on your drawing you connected all the pup leads to the switch. so it's not connected to anything.

here's a diagram of how to wire a switch for coil tap (and also phase reverse, good options for push-pulls). It's the same diagram for normal switches. jsut wire the switches as switches, and wire the pots like normal pots for the type of guitar you have.

hope this helps make it clear. shout if you need more help.

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Well unfortunately it's underwraps but hopfully sometime after Christmas if there still a problem I'll give yah a holla. Thanks much everybody for the feedback.