How to wire guitar tone and volume in one push-pull pot

[@hannesconstantinou3442]

I would cry tears of happiness if you made a video on how you do this with two pickups, master volume/tone push pull and a three way selector for the pickups.

[@Giant_Guitars]

It's nearly the same bud, just you wire the pickups to the switch and then the switch to the pot where the pickup would have went. I'll screenshot this comment and if I have a guitar I can do that with I'll do it for you.

[@vav413]

...Why did it never occur to me that this is a possibility?? I might actually do this. Very cool !

[@Giant_Guitars]

Glad to be of some assistance haha

[@Markleford]

@@Giant_Guitars The reason I haven't done this is mostly because I like my volume pots to be linear taper as personal preference, but tone pretty much has to be audio taper to be usable!

[@Giant_Guitars]

@@Markleford yeah that's totally fair enough!

[@Izzy61916]

Just did this mod on my Fernandes Vertigo X. It has one humbucker and a single volume knob and I happen to have a couple of push/pull pots lying around. I was thinking of doing the stacked concentric pot with an individual volume and tone knob but this mod worked just as well. Thanks for the video my dude! 👍👍

[@Facedrummer12]

I’d still probably prefer a concentric pot just so I could adjust both individually, but this is super neat! Great video man

[@Giant_Guitars]

Thanks bud and yeah I totally understand that, it's the biggest downside of this and I used to do this a lot in my early modding days of modding. Now I prefer just a single volume pot but it's a nice trick anyway haha

[@henrykobee]

I agree, I own a Squier Telecaster CV, I'm planning to go from Master Volume Master Tone to a "Gibson-ish" setup thanks to concentric pots. That is my choice

[@guycewilkerson9858]

What about a double pot with a knob on the middle to adjust tone and an outer ring to adjust volume (or vice-versa)? Still one pot but control volume and tone individually at the same time.

[@henrykobee]

@@guycewilkerson9858 yes indeed, I'm planning on using concentric pots: they have a top/inner layer and a bottom/outer layer. You could find those on Jazz Basses from the 60s (not an expert on basses, I may be wrong). I think it would look like a Tele and yet have Les Paul-ish control over the sound

[@Scorhos]

I will set It up in a steel guitar. I builded a lap guitar thing with two strings to test the wiring mod. With a humbucker. So nice.

[@bryarnevins9258]

Literally the EXACT video I was looking for. Taking the neck pickup and tone knob out, replacing the bridge pickup and volume pot to a push pull for volume and tone. Incredibly helpful! Thank you!

[@Giant_Guitars]

You're very welcome, thanks for being here ☺️

[@chuckplainview4085]

You've inspired me into building my own partscaster! Going with a shell pink Reliced alder body, roasted tele neck with rosewood board, reliced gray/tarnished hardware and mint green sss pickguard. Can't wait to get it done. You're one of my favorite youtubers I've found in a damn long while.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Wow thank you mate that has made my day for sure. Please send me photos when you've done it, I'd love to see it 🙏 best of luck and enjoy

[@chuckplainview4085]

@@Giant_Guitars 2 months later bro and she's finally complete. I'll send you a dm soon!

[@johnjharrison]

Just done this on my previously tone control-less Cabronita partscaster. Used a push-push pot. Works a treat! Thanks for the idea.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Awesome dude, thank you

[@robertclarkguitar]

This channel is absolute GOLD.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Thanks bud

[@conordyer2307]

For the best of both worlds, use a stacked pot, so you have 2 pots in the space of one, that allows you to adjust each pot individually still using a special 2 piece knob

[@Giant_Guitars]

True true

[@astridlenore]

Very unique approach, I've always been of the mind to either eliminate the volume/tone or go the concentric route, but this gives a bit of added flexibilty whilst sticking to a true "one-knob" layout. because if you've ever dealt with concentric knobs you know they're rarely ever truly independent.

[@AndrewAHayes]

I want to add a small circuit with 3 different caps and a resister for a treble bleed and make the caps switchable and the treble bleed switchable.

[@godsinbox]

For my single pot guitar, I wire a pull for series capacitor and this cuts bass. Think of it as a pull for bright or quasi single coil tone, great for 2 wire humbuckers. More useful to me to cut the muddiness of neck pickups than to add mud with treble cut.

[@TheRobotKiddo]

Thanks for sharing, this is very helpfull for a begginer :) in love with one pick up guitars

[@Giant_Guitars]

You're welcome, thanks for being here 😊

[@tippybooch]

Honestly never considered this as an option, very cool

[@Giant_Guitars]

Thanks bud, appreciate it 🙏

[@1988davidsum]

Thanks for this video, man! Very informative! More please 🙏

[@Giant_Guitars]

Cheers dude, you're welcome!

[@HaniMebar]

Great lesson!

[@Giant_Guitars]

Thank you mate

[@johnflopingtonthe3Rd]

I just finished building my custom Strat style guitar and it has push pull, such a good choice

[@Giant_Guitars]

Awesome mate, it definitely is

[@Joconew12]

You are this close to making me convert my strat to single humbucker Very nice mod, could also be used as a not so practical killswitch :D

[@Giant_Guitars]

Haha yesss, one more video maybe? Yeah if you have more than one pickup you can turn your switch into a Killswitch by having two of these, one for each pick and then turning off one volume (basically like a Les Paul)

[@trunks828]

Thank you! This will come in handy especially on a p bass where less knobs means less hassle haha.

[@Giant_Guitars]

You're welcome bud

[@nicolasmoreno8174]

Very interesting mod. I would go for the normal two knob configuration thou

[@Giant_Guitars]

Yeah I like two knobs too but I know a lot of others dont!

[@piscesoutofwater5185]

Holy moly Brother thank you soo much for this I just got back man I been away Can’t believe you done this means a lot to me Blessed thank you a million

[@Giant_Guitars]

No no bud, thank you so much for the suggestion

[@alvinorbs]

That’s genius! Why i never thought of that? Great vid as usual.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Thanks bud, appreciate it

[@jeffreyheffner908]

Could you make a wiring diagram for this exact setup but with a concentric pot? Im having trouble finding one and I just really dont want to mess up.

[@benlow46]

you can also do stacked pots like danelectro does on some of their instruments

[@Giant_Guitars]

Yes of course!

[@globalnova]

did that for mine. good results.

[@bygraceiamsaved5088]

Awesome. Thank you. Never knew this was an option.

[@Giant_Guitars]

You're very welcome 👌

[@cqlvin]

You should look at the new squier sonic stratocster ht. it is graffiti yellow with a hardtail bridge.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Yes mate, trying to get one but can't find any 😞

[@virginia.malone]

This is nifty and could lead to a very clean look. I'm imagining a guitar that looks similar to the Joe Dart bass

[@Giant_Guitars]

Exactly, possibilities are endless!

[@geekinthegarden3927]

Interesting but I think that using a stacked concentric pot would be better as you would have control over tone and volume at the same time. Biggest down side is that there is a limited range of knobs for them.

[@Giant_Guitars]

@@geekinthegarden3927 yes you're absolutely right there

[@Bikewithlove]

Thank you.

[@Giant_Guitars]

No, thank you!

[@chickenlickin3820]

oh heck, boy do you love painting solder on man!

[@Giant_Guitars]

🤷

[@daneandrews6218]

Hi im trying to wire a humbucker and single coil with just one push pull volume nob and a treble bleed for my mini travel guitar and cant find a diagram for one to split between the both of them or even coil spilt the humbucker and turn the neck pickup on.

[@jeffwren5794]

Hi great tutorial....I can't access the website for diagrams etc

[@Giant_Guitars]

Sorry bud I need to update the website it's been a while! I'll try remember to get that done this week

[@sheepbotx3830]

Could you help explain how to do this with two humbuckers? I have no idea how to wire up a pickup selector to it. Please help? It would be very much appreciated ❤

[@duncansbuddy]

A little confused, when you set your tone the way you desire with switch in the "up" tone position, can you then press knob down to the volume position and control the volume, w/o changes to the desired tone already set? I'm use to the Gibson four knob setup where each pickup has its own individual volume and tone control knobs. Just recently purchased a two knob Les Paul and want to wire one control pot to the bridge pickup and one control pot to the neck pickup in a way to allow both volume and tone controls to each pickup individually. Your video looks like it will do this? But unsure on whether the tone position you set "stays in place of setting" when pot is pressed down and volume control changes are made. Did that come out right? Nice vid.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Thanks bud yeah I maybe didn't explain it the best but no doing it this way it reverts back to full tone when you press it down. I think it would be great on a Les Paul type setup but yeah you need to bear in mind you can only adjust your volume with full tone! Hope that makes sense and good luck bud

[@joeyyu6035]

thanks for the useful information😄

[@Giant_Guitars]

You're welcome mate

[@joeyyu6035]

@@Giant_Guitars I'm happy if you share more about the kill pot/switch wiring information in the future. Thank you. 🤘🤩🤘

[@Blejder_POE]

I would like to see vod how to make custom pick guard. I want to mod my old cort g200 but i cant find the pick guard with one humbucker...

[@Giant_Guitars]

Do you have the original pickguard still on the guitar?

[@Giant_Guitars]

@@Blejder_POE ok cool, I'll try come up with something!

[@breaux2806]

I've been trying to figure out how to do a two pickup setup with a push/pull volume/tone pot for each one and no extra switch, so I can have one at half volume and the other at full volume or no volume if I want and blended any way I choose. Hate to ask, but no one else has ever helped, they just keep saying "why not get a switch?" when I simply don't want one. Can you make a video showing how?

[@randomGuy2.0-lq1rw]

How could i add a treble bleed?🤔

[@Scorhos]

In the capacitor you add a resistor..

[@almostlunar8302]

Gibson RND: Write that down! Write that down!

[@Giant_Guitars]

😅 it's superb on two humbuckers and the suggestion from some hear of push push instead of pull would elevate this to next level

[@Neptunestef]

I'm loving this idea. I'm wondering if it's possible to do the same but with Tone and Blend (instead of Volume)?

[@popsfereal]

Oh hell yeah.

[@Scorhos]

Dude,i tried your mod in a steel guitar. But i think when i put the iron solder in the pull pegs maybe i burnes this,because only works in pull mode. Even when the potentiometer is in zero

[@Giant_Guitars]

Oh no that's no good mate I'm sorry to hear it, sounds to me more like a ground issue somewhere to be honest. Do you have a multimeter by chance to test all your connections/contacts? Thanks bud

[@MarkBurton-s5e]

How would I split the pickup in this setup or can u split it

[@Giant_Guitars]

Do you mean split it as well as having tone and volume in one pot? I'd say a mini toggle switch addition would be good in that scenario

[@MarkBurton-s5e]

@Giant_Guitars I was thinking it would take a switch thanx

[@TravisHaynes-z1s]

I noticed your mistake of soldering your output jack up w/o running the wires through the hole in the guitar body !! How are you gonna attach the output jack plate with it already wired up ?? I know because I've done this several (more than i care to admit) times my😢. 😅

[@Giant_Guitars]

Haha well spotted, I think you may be the first lol

[@OneMecha-dn4bn]

Is this wiring same like Deryck Whibley telecaster deluxe guitar?

[@Giant_Guitars]

I don't think he ever had a push pull mate but I'll Google that now

[@OneMecha-dn4bn]

@@Giant_Guitars i'm a bit curious how his guitar works, i'm watching Sum41 Live video and i've seen his change his guitar tone from clean tone to distortion just in one knobs volume without using any pedal.

[@RyanRnr]

have you been to matchetts in belfast? i can tell you’re from ni from ur accent 😂

[@Giant_Guitars]

Not for years bud! I should go back haha

[@wheelchairtestdummy3059]

I am about to do this mod, but wondering if there is a way to stop the push pull in the middle of its movement and get both tone and volume?

[@Izzy61916]

But why would you want that? 🤷

[@SmashingEGOS]

Stupid question from me so sorry in advance. Once you have your tone set where you want and go back to volume, will the tone stay to whatever it was set to?

[@whyis45stillalive]

No. It bypasses the tone part of the knob. The pickup goes back to full tone.

[@dogluv-dogtraining9083]

THATS cool.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Cheers bud, appreciate it

[@dogluv-dogtraining9083]

Love your content keep it coming 🙌

[@nasticanasta]

Use what I use, a Push/Push...no more fumbling, just tap

[@Giant_Guitars]

Good idea! Same concept though, just easier to execute when playing if you need it

[@nasticanasta]

@@Giant_Guitars I’m actually using it for a sort of Gilmour mod, I put a push/push in place of the 2nd pot, and all it does is turn on the neck pup, the beauty of this mod is you can actually turn on all pups at a time and every configuration

[@thaigo77]

Deciding between a Squier, epiphone sg, or a Yamaha Pacifica for my first electric. I record indie/blues/psychedelic stuff. If any of u have any advice on what to get lmk 😭

[@Giant_Guitars]

If it was me I'd buy a good Pacifica! I'm a huge fan and I had a cheap 112v or whatever when I was like 14/15 and it was the first electric guitar I felt properly comfortable playing

[@thaigo77]

@@Giant_Guitars thankssss for helping me decide

[@TommyFitzwho]

Sucks that I find this video now. Just wired my buddies guitar last month and just did three regular pots. This would’ve been way cooler to do.

[@Giant_Guitars]

There's always next time dude 😎

[@ntomatas1]

does anyone ever use the tone knob?

[@Giant_Guitars]

😅 it's a good question, do we need any knobs at all?

[@jeffreyheffner908]

Ah also i just realized your mistake lol. Did you have fun desoldering that jack so you could reroute the wires

[@Giant_Guitars]

Yes haha and I think you're the first to mention it

[@gabedestellano]

Kind of neat but still, it adds an issue and I don't like adding issues. Thanks though.

[@Giant_Guitars]

Fair enough bud thanks for being here ☺️

[@-processdrone-]

because TWO potentiometers on your guitar is some kind of unbearable hell 🤣

[@Giant_Guitars]

For some people yeah, one of my most common comments when I do a single humbucker guitar with two pots is that it has too many pots 😅

[@-processdrone-]

don't anybody tell them about the gibsons 🙃

[@douglascormany6902]

What, what? I watch your whole video, only to find out that your mod doesn't even work? Lol! You need to change the title to "how not to wire your guitar."

[@Giant_Guitars]

Which bit could you not get to work? 🤔 Let me know and I'll try to help bud!

[@Loooosszeeerrrr123]

Weeeeeeeeee!😂thanks for the info,see it a lot metal guitars🖖👍🫶🫶🃏🃏

[@Giant_Guitars]

You're welcome, thanks bud