CTS Push-pull Potentiometer - Short Shaft - 500k Review

East install. Sounds great. What else is there?

This is easy to install and work flawlessly.

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No Complaints Here!

Used these on upgrading a Squier SuperSonic and adding coil taps. The push pull feels very nice and stays in the position you want it in! The turn of the pots felt great and I have no complaints about it! I feel like the CTS eyelet design is truly superior to the cheaper tab configuration of cheaper Push Pull pots and was pretty easy to solder up. Will definitely buy these again… read more for more guitars!

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Good performance, but bulky and stiffer than StewMac pots

This review is primarily in comparison to StewMac's Alpha push-pull pots. I actually ended up using two of each of these two different in my SG for a Jimmy Page style wiring mod. Overall, I preferred the StewMac ones as they were less bulky and the turn of the knob was much smoother and easier. Because the StewMac's were smoother, I used them for the volume knobs while the Mojo… read more Tones were used for the tone knobs. I found the switch part of the Mojo Tone's to be a bit easier to solder to, but the arrangement gave you less space to work with. The push-pull action feels much nicer on the Mojo Tones as well. The bulk is probably the biggest downside of these. I don't think I could have fit 4 of these with 2 large paper-in-oil caps in a standard SG cavity. If you have a small cavity, like a SG or Tele, I would probably avoid these pots.

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Edit to my original review, not half bad

I wanted to edit my original review to say that it was more the wires of my pickup that were the problem, when I used this pot with a different pickup it was relatively easy to install because the wires were fresher and stiffer. I should probably not leave 1 star reviews for items when I'm not using the best tools to install them anyways, like a cheap soldering iron. This pot eventually… read more installed fine, sounds like it should, and is sturdier and cheaper than other options. I do not feel as if the shaft is gonna give and snap through the top if I pull too hard like on smaller push-pulls. The full size shaft seems to make a positive difference. The torque could be a little looser and smoother, but that would probably make it break easier. Definitely fixes a major problem common with push-pulls, they break easy. That does not seem to be the case here.

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Push-Pull 500k

If you mod your instruments or are a tech or luthier and you need a push-pull pot then this is the one. Don't even bother with the others. The only bad thing I can come up with about these, which is the reason I gave a 4.5 rating instead of a full 5, is the size. These are very large so keep that in mind when you plan your install. I used these on and SG rebuild and though they… read more do fit, its tight due to the thin profile of an SG body. The tiny PCB fit with eyelets makes wiring much easier.

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