Quick & Easy Bridge Pickup Add-in Wiring Mod

[M29]

Hello duhvoodooman,

Thank you for the info, I am getting ready to change all my pots and fiveway switch on my Squier Strat once my fairly new strings get old and this will be a fun mod to do while I am elbows and kneebones into my pickguard.

Have you heard anything on how the push button volume controls are holding up on the new Fenders? I like the way they work with the button in the middle of the volume control. I am however concerned about how reliable this switch is being turned allot with the volume all the time. I would like to incorporate that into my Strat. Any idea where to get that switch, somewhere besides Fender?

Thanks again for your time and help.

M29

[duhvoodooman***]

Have you heard anything on how the push button volume controls are holding up on the new Fenders? I like the way they work with the button in the middle of the volume control. I am however concerned about how reliable this switch is being turned allot with the volume all the time. I would like to incorporate that into my Strat. Any idea where to get that switch, somewhere besides Fender?

Not familiar with that switch, M29, but I'd like to check it out! Do you have a Fender part number or know which model(s) they come on?

[ShortBuSX]

Have you heard anything on how the push button volume controls are holding up on the new Fenders? I like the way they work with the button in the middle of the volume control. I am however concerned about how reliable this switch is being turned allot with the volume all the time. I would like to incorporate that into my Strat. Any idea where to get that switch, somewhere besides Fender?

Youre just talking about a regular ol' push/pull pot, right?

http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/CPM500P
There are other sources, other brands...thats just what I was able to post quickly....but Id look for CTS pots.

[duhvoodooman***]

Youre just talking about a regular ol' push/pull pot, right?

No, I think he's referrring to THESE.

[M29]

Thats it duhvoodooman, I wasn't sure which they came on as I only seen them once at a Guitar Center but liked what I saw. Yes that is it the S1 switching system. I am hesitant when something new comes out and wondered about the reliability of this switch. I like the idea of (pushing) a button instead of (pushing and pulling). My concern was with it rotating as much as a volume control does it might be troublesome after a while.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

M29

[sunvalleylaw]

Thats it duhvoodooman, I wasn't sure which they came on as I only seen them once at a Guitar Center but liked what I saw. Yes that is it the S1 switching system. I am hesitant when something new comes out and wondered about the reliability of this switch. I like the idea of (pushing) a button instead of (pushing and pulling). My concern was with it rotating as much as a volume control does it might be troublesome after a while.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

M29

No info on reliability here. But when I was shopping for my first electric this summer, I was originally thinking fat strat, and became interested in the S1 switch. It seemed to come on American fat strats only in the strat line. Then I ended up going SSS anyway.

[ShortBuSX]

So then is that called a push/push pot?

I found these:
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/e...shpushpots.htm

And to answer your other question about longevity, I found this:
http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.htm...-08-0809:30:00
http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.htm...-04-2613:25:34

[snarph]

So then is that called a push/push pot?

I found these:
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/e...shpushpots.htm

And to answer your other question about longevity, I found this:
http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.htm...-08-0809:30:00
http://www.fenderforum.com/forum.htm...-04-2613:25:34

I think the push/push pots are a lot better idea

heres another source

http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/EP296.htm

[duhvoodooman***]

Well, comments about reliability aside, one of those threads states that Fender won't sell you an S1 switch on an aftermarket basis--warranty replacements through authorized Fender service providers only--so the whole point is kind of moot. It does look like a pretty nifty switching system, so I have to believe that somebody in the Far East will come out with a knock-off pretty soon.

I was hoping Fender offered something in a push/pull pot that was a direct replacement for the nice CTS pots that came in my Nashville Tele. These are full-size (24mm) pots with a short, solid shaft for set-screw type dome knobs. The only push/pulls I've ever been able to find are the 16mm mini-pots with a somewhat longer shaft length and a split knurled end. Also, the threaded portion of the shaft is a smaller diameter, so they don't fit snugly in the stock Tele control plate holes. None of these are serious problems, but it would be nice to be able to match up a push/pull pot with the original equipment configuration on a Tele.

[duhvoodooman***]

I think the push/push pots are a lot better idea

heres another source

http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/EP296.htm

Just a note--those are 500K pots, generally used on humbuckers. Single coils usually use 250K.