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Your cart is empty.Pair (2X) CTS 500K SHORT SPLIT knurled shaft audio taper push/pull potentiometer dpdt (double pull/double throw). This pot allows you to do wiring modifications to your guitar without having to modify the body. Used for coil splitting, coil tapping and phase shifting. This a short shaft pot (threaded bushing is 3/8" tall & 3/8" diameter, shaft is .236"diameter). 10% Tolerance. Pot is manufactured by CTS. Note:1. If you are uncertain whether your guitar uses short (3/8") or long (3/4") shaft pots, as a general rule this pot will fit most production Gibson Les Paul's manufactured before 1977, historic reissues, PRS & Hamer guitars, but please double check before you order. 2. Not sized for guitars using metric components, requires 3/8" mounting hole. 3. Make sure to pinch the tip of the shaft before you try fitting a knob, this will avoid getting knobs stuck before you install the pot. If you've ever had that happen...
James Morehead
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2025
Best push pull pots I ever bought . you don’t have to thread a needle like the original switches . I put them in a Telecaster and they work great (tight squeeze)butthey work. I have them set up for coil tapping with the .047 capacitor and the guitar sounds great.
R. Brodie
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2025
High quality pots with push pull switching. I used this in a new guitar build and use the switches for coil splitting on Humbucker pickups. They have smooth action and the switches are solid and positive.
duojet
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2024
Replaced my previous pots with these on a hollow tele - and it almost didn’t fit! Left myself 1.5mm on either side when I measured, but with wires in it was a squeeze. Pots are smooth and seem sturdy. Tone is solid, switching is pretty quiet. I don’t regret it now, but installing these was a pain.
Benjamin H. Mossberg
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2024
Overall, pretty good product, although I found the PCB to be a little bit confusing and ended up wearing it backwards. Fine tooth/spline, some turning resistance, not very snappy when actuating the push/pull switch. All right
Dylan
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
These potentiometers are so high quality, and you can tell they are more well designed and solid than other common options out there. The pros of these pots are incredible build quality, sturdiness, and my favorite the resistance you feel when turning the pot clockwise/counterclockwise. On one of my custom guitars the brand used push pull pots for both knobs for coil splits, and they turn so loosely they feel cheap and turn on accident even. The CTS Pots are refreshingly catchy while turning. I absolutely that about them, and that's my favorite feature. Aside from this, I love the straightforward soldering board design. The pots are a little shorter in length than the competition and an interesting modern method of connection. Even the bottom of the switch itself, thick black plastic with the CTS logo-- I actually appreciate the "look" of these pots. There's something nice about looking down and seeing a clean black logo instead of your ground solder pools!Overall, these pots are 10/10 and probably (pretty sure) the best push-pulls you can get right now, probably followed by bourns (which are much looser to turn if you like that, and longer in length, with the older style small soldering lugs. I just really appreciate these CTS pots and the quality I received in this product, I felt compelled to post a review with photos.
K Hern
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2024
These things are huge. I had to relocate the furthest hole on my standard strat in order to get this to fit the pocket. A pain in the ass but, totally worth the effort.Comes with simple wiring diag. If you're doing your own wiring then you should really know how to use multimeter to check circuit/routing for yourself.I'm using this to split mini humbuckers; very simple setup.I do have other push/pull pots and they're basically fine and they easily fit tight spaces. But the problem is that rotation resistance changes between down and up position. The CTS pots for some reason have what feels to me like SAME resistance up or down.
Ivan Proaño
Reviewed in Mexico on April 13, 2024
Excelente calidad, materiales, diseño, construcción, solidez. Solo 2 observaciones: A) la caja de plástico donde va el mecanismo del switch push/pull es muy voluminosa y puede ser un problema en cavidades pequeñas (Telecaster por ejemplo). Usé uno como control de Tono para el Bridge en una Strat y a duras penas entró y tuve que adpatar el cableado a esa configuracion. B) Extraño el sonido de 'click' del Push/Pull estándar,
Otto Bon Stinker
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023
Love these new style cts push pull pots. They make everything look so much cleaner and they are very smooth functioning in both turning and pushing pulling. Much nicer than the old ones.
federico r.
Reviewed in Mexico on May 17, 2022
Recomendable
Richard Quiroga
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2021
Bien, quiero antes de comentar para los que lean esto que fué lo que hice. Tengo una guitarra Schecter Signature Pete Dean de la primera serie,la guitarra me atrajó desde que la ví y la adquirí. en general es comoda y me gustó mucho desde el principio, sin embargo después de trajinar con ella un tiempo empecé a sentir sus defectos, primero ruidosa a morir, es decir tenía que tener el volumen de los potenciometros de la guitarra al máxmo para que no sintiera el ruido deseperante como de interferencia, si lo bajaba o trataba de tenerlos en algo menos del máximo era desesperante, la parte del tono tampoco me convencía, a vaces me era mejor para apreciar el control de tono, tenerla configurada con las pastillas ó micrófonos sencillos, pese a que sus microfonos son Hambucker de Duncan Desing (Si, no son Seymour Duncan). Ok, lo cierto es qué dicidí realizarle una mejora significativa a mi guitarra, adquirí Potencimetros CTS Push Pull 500 K (Para el control de Tono y Pastillas), potenciometros Seymour Duncan (Volumen), condensadores Orange Drop 022uf/400v (Para el control de tono) y cinta de cobre. El resultado, mi guitarra es otra, mejoró un 100 por cierto (ó más) y menciono también esto con respecto a la Guitarra, venía con componentes que deja mucho que desear (Señores de Schecter Guitar). Apantalle mi guitarra, ruido fuera, cambié los contrles de tono y sea en pocición full o sencilla, los micrófonos pese a ser Duncan Desing dan de qué hablar en el buen sentido, y el control de volumen con lo Seymour Duncan, como mantequilla.
Cecilia G
Reviewed in Mexico on November 1, 2021
Calidad de materiales es excelente, algo complicado hacer conexiones a tierra por el diseño del potenciómetro, el giro es suave pero no es rápido y el click del interruptor cambia al 25-30% del recorrido del poste al momento de presionarlo pero sin ruidos, producto muy recomendable.
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