Wiring a push pull pot in a Strat?

lovestrat74

I have a wiring harness bought on this very platform a few moons ago. I want to use it in my hardtail Strat I have assembled but it has a push/pull pot and I am not sure I really want to use it as a designed - plus, I only have standard knobs. 

Can anyone point me to a wiring diagram so that is operates as a normal pot with it pushed down?  Or if you can think of a good reason to use it on 3 single coils then I am all ears as long as the wiring doesn't require a masters in engineering... Pic below in its current state (not even sure what this will do if wired in as is...

Funkfingers

The pot always works as expected. Only the mechanism for the switching contacts raises and lowers.

The connections visible in your photograph are correct for adding one of the pickups to whatever the selector switch has engaged. (Usually, it will be the neck or the bridge position pickup.)

lovestrat74

Thanks @Funkfingers ;; so on the pot D is connected to neck position on the switch already. Where should E be connected to? Also doesn't that mean the pot will need to be pulled up to engage ?

Funkfingers

The signal leaving terminal “E” needs to go to the volume pot.

Connect it to either the input terminal of the volume pot or one of the wiper/collector terminals on the selector switch.

lovestrat74 said:
doesn't that mean the pot will need to be pulled up to engage?

Correct. Pull up the control knob to add the neck pickup.

lovestrat74

Funkfingers said:

The signal leaving terminal “E” needs to go to the volume pot.

Connect it to either the input terminal of the volume pot or one of the wiper/collector terminals on the selector switch.

lovestrat74 said:
doesn't that mean the pot will need to be pulled up to engage?

Correct. Pull up the control knob to add the neck pickup.

Okay cheers - need to do a bit more homework 

jaymenon

If you have the option - on a Stratocaster, a Push-Push pot is much more ergonomic - since it's difficult to pull up a strat knob.

Push to engage, push again to disengage (but you probably knew that already)

These ones sold by Gavin at Axecaster are particularly nice and have a 9mm shaft which is compatible very nicely with CTS holes in pickguards.

[Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/u0DBUwi.jpg)

https://www.axecaster.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=126

lovestrat74

jaymenon said:

If you have the option - on a Stratocaster, a Push-Push pot is much more ergonomic - since it's difficult to pull up a strat knob.

Push to engage, push again to disengage (but you probably knew that already)

These ones sold by Gavin at Axecaster are particularly nice and have a 9mm shaft which is compatible very nicely with CTS holes in pickguards.

[Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/u0DBUwi.jpg)

https://www.axecaster.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=126

Ideally I'd just have 3 CTS pots, but wasn't aware one of them was push/pull when I bought it 

Andyjr1515

lovestrat74 said

Ideally I'd just have 3 CTS pots, but wasn't aware one of them was push/pull when I bought it 

The push pull switches are two things just built into one unit.  It is a standard pot and, separately, a dpdt switch.  So just ignore the switch bit and wire the pot itself up as if it was just a standard pot.

Andyjr1515

There are loads of standard strat wiring diagrams around, but this one is probably as good as any
https://www.seymourduncan.com/wiring-diagrams?meta_params=guitar-options,3-pickups,neck-s,middle-s,bridge-s,1-volume,2-tone,5-way-blade

Funkfingers

That is the traditional circuit - except for the capacitor value.

Modern variations include a .022uF capacitor for the tone controls and a jumper wire on the selector switch bridging the lower tone control connection to the unused terminal right next to it. The lower control then works on both the middle and bridge pickups.

lovestrat74

Andyjr1515 said:

lovestrat74 said

Ideally I'd just have 3 CTS pots, but wasn't aware one of them was push/pull when I bought it 

The push pull switches are two things just built into one unit.  It is a standard pot and, separately, a dpdt switch.  So just ignore the switch bit and wire the pot itself up as if it was just a standard pot.

This is what I was looking for - just wire it like a normal pot and the push/pull is ignored..

Andyjr1515

lovestrat74 said:

Andyjr1515 said:

lovestrat74 said

Ideally I'd just have 3 CTS pots, but wasn't aware one of them was push/pull when I bought it 

The push pull switches are two things just built into one unit.  It is a standard pot and, separately, a dpdt switch.  So just ignore the switch bit and wire the pot itself up as if it was just a standard pot.

This is what I was looking for - just wire it like a normal pot and the push/pull is ignored..

Yes - exactly right