How to Wire CTS Push Pull Pots

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4 жыл бұрын

In this short video I go over how to read and understand CTS push pull pots. The vast majority of wiring diagrams (including Six String Supplies diagrams) show the push pull pot in a typical/classical format.
CTS push pull pots are slightly different in that they use a printed circuit board and numbered or lettered holes. In terms of quality, Six String Supplies has used CTS push pull pots since day one. However, the Bourns pot in this video certainly feels superior!
CTS Push Pull Pot Wiring Guide: sixstringsupplies.co.uk/pages...
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@georgescarlett2320 3 жыл бұрын

Quite simple, mate, when YOU explain it, clear as "MUD" elsewhere! Thanx

@stevevaughn2040 Жыл бұрын

I am a happy fella cuz of this. I worked for Marlan and Rosemary Bourns. Inventors of the Trimpot. They were good people. Bourns, my division did semiconductors, was, and is, serious about quality.

@SixStringSupplies Жыл бұрын

Bourns are great 👍

@AlexSosaBolivia 2 жыл бұрын

One of the few tutorials I've seen that shows the orientation of the DPDT switch, with the shaft pointing DOWN. The typical DPDT diagram just shows the 6 poles; apparently it's supposed to be common knowledge which way the switch itself is orientated when referencing against a diagram LOL. Thanks for this.

@soundofBeers 2 жыл бұрын

The c1 and c2 refers to 'common 1' and 'common 2' as the middle two pins are called 'commons'. These pins are always engaged be it in the push or pull position, hence that name.

@dstrats 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this vid. I’m a guitar tech dealing with the CTS for the 1st time. A great help! All the best.

@dstrats 3 жыл бұрын

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@david-no 2 жыл бұрын

@@dstrats what

@AdnanKoclar 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it helps me for combination.

@12south31 4 жыл бұрын

In my shop I charge $175 to gut an Epiphone or similar guitar and replace everything, pot, caps, wires, jack and switch with CTS and Switchcraft components. Price includes installation and parts and includes a basic set up. My customers seem happy with the price but I wanted to see how it compares to other places. Any comments?

@SixStringSupplies 4 жыл бұрын

I think that’s a very fair price. We charge $110/£85 depending on the exchange rate just for the harness. We import from the US so components might be a bit pricier than for you guys. But that’s just for the harness. We don’t install them or setup guitars so I think your price is very good. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for watching

@12south31 4 жыл бұрын

@@SixStringSupplies Thank you very much for the reply. My competition is 2 major chain guitar stores and I try to offer a more fair alternative for pricing and wait time to my customers but I am In business to make money. Just want to be fair. Thanks again.

@BeauHannamGuitars 2 жыл бұрын

You are a legend!

@frankochoa1811 3 жыл бұрын

I have an early 90's Jackson Rhoads. Stock, it came with 2 humbuckers, one 3 way toggle switch and one volume knob. Is it possible to swap the one volume pot with a push/pull and have the pull for tone and push for volume? Will it work? If so, how?

@INeverWanted2010 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to coil tap two humbuckers with one CTS pot? I'm having a lot of trouble with this.

@onewiththings 4 жыл бұрын

how do you work with the wires? I can get a schematic.

@miltonex 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

@_viy 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a way two have 1 push pull pot for 2 humbuckers with independent volume for each? I mean when pushed controls volume of neck hum when pulled controls volume of bridge hum.

@Rokku16 2 жыл бұрын

I just got a cts 500k for a push pull volume control, the coil splitting works great but volume tappers off real fast, I barely move the volume pot and I am at 0 volume. Any suggestions?

@michaelcraig9449 3 жыл бұрын

Is this push pull pot the same as a 250/500 k one? I want to see a video on a 250/500 k stacked pot and what it is and what it does exactly.

@DethMetalGuitars 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, I can't find an answer to this anywhere on the internet. I want to use the CTS push pull as a pickup selector switch. Down being bridge, up being neck. I have a SH6 Duncan with 4 wires and a generic single coil. How should I wire it to accomplish this? I tried using diagrams to deduce how this could work, and got a result where just the bridge worked in both positions and the volume control didn't work, just always on with no control. (edit: grounded outside lug, now the volume works). Help? Still can't figure out how to wire the entire humbucker to down, and up to another pickup. I am just wiring in the humbucker to one spot, and when i pull up, the tone changes but it's still on, no other pickups are connected. I will post an update if I figure it out on my own. Cheers.

@markdennis6464 3 жыл бұрын

Did you find out how to do this???

@johngleneicki2331 2 ай бұрын

I'm wanting to do the same thing - crazy that no one shows how to do this. If I figure it out, I'll pass along how I did it.

@DethMetalGuitars 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I never did get that configuration working how I wanted it to. I just moved on to another configuration.

@D-8-Tone2 Жыл бұрын

That would have been nice to see one fully wired up.

@cyaneo7 3 жыл бұрын

Which from the 3 Lugs on the left Graphic is L1 (2:13)?

@briw4647 2 жыл бұрын

I've used cts push pull a bourns too. I must say I prefer the bourns too. The cats is easy to solder though like you say. But the bourns feels better.

@PhoenixUnlimited Жыл бұрын

Have you tried the alpha push pull? They feel solid and well made.

@profesorxmc 3 ай бұрын

Hello! Nice video! I am installing to my guitar the mojotone knob for the coilsplit but I am confused about the capacitor. Does it need one or that model does not require a capacitor? I am not able to see anything on any diagram Thanks in advance

@stratman9449 Ай бұрын

ok...got it...cheers and thx....learned something else....

@neilcharkow5598 Ай бұрын

Many wiring diagrams show C1 or C2 to the wires to be grounded (red/white, for example) and 3 or 1 to ground. I find grounding C1 or C3 is easier because they're closer to the metal pot body. Does it matter?

@torg3481 3 жыл бұрын

On the CTS pot, how do you solder the ground lug, since it can't bend to hit the metal? Would you just use another wire for that purpose?

@pjevans854 11 ай бұрын

Did you ever figure this out? I’m curious myself. The bourns I can easily send a ground wire to the side, but the cts is so wide!

@HavendaleBlvd80 3 жыл бұрын

Are copper shaft pots, better than brass and aluminum?

@jimmygrant3151 Жыл бұрын

Do you have a video where you are actually soldering on the cuircut board pot?

@altpath 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos and I bought the same CTS pots you use in your kits because of your videos. I have a question. How can I troubleshoot mine? I wired up my guitar using a Seymour Duncan wiring diagram and the guitar works except the coils don't split. I grounded 1 and 3 and C1 and C2 got the two coil wires from each humbucker respectively. Pulling the pot up does nothing and they are both clearly in series. I just used one pot as a volume and a 3 way switch. That's it.

@mikefitz3063 4 жыл бұрын

I had the same problem because I never grounded a pole to the pot but now I’m having volume issues

@altpath 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikefitz3063 going to play around with that pot again tomorrow and see if I can figure out the problem. If it doesn't work I'll just have to use the other one that I had planned for my other guitar.

@neilcharkow5598 Ай бұрын

Did you ever sort this out? I, too, grounded C2 because it was closer to the casing and connected the two coil wires to 3. I haven't strung up my guitar yet so I'm not sure if it will work correctly. It would seem like it shouldn't matter because they're two sides of a on/off switch. The resistance changed a bit on my meter. Thanks for any update you can offer.

@samuelmorin5721 2 жыл бұрын

For the traditional ones the diagrams have you connect 1 and 3 to ground, so what do I do with 1 on the CTS?? The diagrams for the CTS don’t ground 1, just 3

@lorencing 2 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation. I am currently choosing between the cts and bourns to use in my nice, old, cheap Ibanez GAX70 instead of the original volume pots. The bourns are quite smaller and would take less space in the cavity, but the cts are full 24mm ... so is there any difference in tone/durability between them? Thx

@SixStringSupplies 2 жыл бұрын

They're both very high quality. The CTS are probably easier to solder but they're much bulkier - so the Bourns are better for tighter/smaller spaces.

@TheAardvark211 3 жыл бұрын

So when the diagram shows top left, does it mean hole/pin #1 or hole/pin #4?

@Ottonic6 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever find out. I assume the ones closest to the pot in the diagram are 1 and 3 just as on the actual pot

@by.daekeryyy 3 жыл бұрын

Does CTS push pulls B500k exists?

@robpal67 Жыл бұрын

with this series/parallel wiring configuration and Dimarzio Super Distortion color code and with the switch in the up position, there is no output.

@mikefitz3063 4 жыл бұрын

I am struggling to wire up my 59 SD hybrid. I’m following the diagram but I can’t get the volume to turn all the way down...it’s not a cts pot...

@SixStringSupplies 4 жыл бұрын

Have you ground the outside lug? If not, volume won’t go down

@mikefitz3063 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply! Yes I believe it’s a lone solder on the outside lug....maybe I didn’t solder good enough there. I’m gonna wire it up again and try a continuity test...geez I’m so far beyond an e minor chord....

@garydamsky4620 8 ай бұрын

Paul Caruso!

@adrianmorris9743 4 жыл бұрын

@Ottonic6 Жыл бұрын

But you have those in upside down. I do understand, but the confusion isn't how to read the pots... If you look at a wiring diagram (Seymour Duncan) It's hard to tell the orientation that they use.

@Farold_Haltermeyer 2 жыл бұрын

I was told the casing can't be ground as it's now aluminium and to ground to the side lugs... Is that right?

@SixStringSupplies 2 жыл бұрын

No that is not right - you can ground anywhere on the metal casing. Some of these pots used to be zinc coated, which gives a really shiny finish (it was meant to be for anti-corrosion. However, it never took solder well, so it got replaced with tin plating. If you have the zinc finish, you can scrub it away with sand paper where you want to put your solder joint. Thanks for watching.

@Farold_Haltermeyer 2 жыл бұрын

@@SixStringSupplies gotcha... And thanks for the vids

@SixStringSupplies 2 жыл бұрын

@@Farold_Haltermeyer you can still ground to the side lugs though 👍

@Farold_Haltermeyer 2 жыл бұрын

@@SixStringSupplies just given myself a proper headache trying to 50s wire an LP with coil tapped Gibson P90s onto the CTS's...but would've been an even bigger headache without your vids (and quick components shipping) so thanks again