cm_17
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I would love to get my Axis to have coil-splitting with a push-pull pot. Could any of the folks here who did this mod chip in some recommendations as to which pots to get, and other details to consider? Much appreciated!
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Jack FFR1846
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500k audio taper. I can't remember the brand of the pot...I just bought it at a local music store. Very, very, very easy mod to do and quite worth the effort. While I was at it, I changed the knob to a "tone" knob. 
cm_17
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There is quite a price range and I get the suspicion it's always the same pot. Not sure though...
littlephil
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They aren't usually the same, unless you're just looking at the cheapest ones. I get Dimarzio pots if I can, they feel different than other brands. They are a bit more expensive too. Cheaper push/pulls wear out easier, and the shaft can start to become loose, so the knob starts to wiggle a little.
jamminjim
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I like that it has a ground lug at the bottom of the switch case
LINK TO SELLER OF-DiMarzio-500K-PushPull-Pot
LINK TO SELLER OF-DiMarzio-500K-PushPull-Pot
zoe_nikotina
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does it change the sound of the guitar??..I´m also thinking in putting a tone control mod to my axis but i´m afraid it change the sound of the guitar
beej
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No. When the switch isn't engaged it's out of the circuit (if you wire it up correctly). As far as the pot goes ... there's no tonal effect from it, provided the value is the same (keep in mind they're all +/- a bit).
cm_17
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Thx guys, just ordered a DiMarzio 500k push pull pot and will get a local tech to install it (no solder iron handly...).
zoe_nikotina
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Thanks beej...I will do it...
Any recomendations to find the proper schematics?...I also have a 500k dimarzio pot
Thanks
Any recomendations to find the proper schematics?...I also have a 500k dimarzio pot
Thanks
cm_17
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Oreit folks, I got a DiMarzio 500k Audio taper push pull pot the other day, and had the tech at Berklee install it (got it nicely done within 2h of me dropped the guitar off, and cheap). Had to go the tech route as I have no soldering iron and barely any memory of how to solder anymore.
What can I say, it's very cool. The bridge split is a little ice-picky, but useable. The neck is very tele-esque and snarly, but becomes warmer with rolled down volume. Definitely a keeper. Oh and yea, there is the 60 cycle hum. The two singles combined are off-phase (?) and the 60 cycle hum is basically gone, nice detail.
Just to repeat an old statement again, coil splitting indeed is not quite like true single coils, but close enough and useful. Gives the Axis a whole new dimension to play with.
As a detail on the side, in single mode the coil with the regular pole pieces is engaged, not the one with the adjustable ones. Never had thought of which one would be the single.
Thanks for the input guys!
What can I say, it's very cool. The bridge split is a little ice-picky, but useable. The neck is very tele-esque and snarly, but becomes warmer with rolled down volume. Definitely a keeper. Oh and yea, there is the 60 cycle hum
. The two singles combined are off-phase (?) and the 60 cycle hum is basically gone, nice detail.Just to repeat an old statement again, coil splitting indeed is not quite like true single coils, but close enough and useful. Gives the Axis a whole new dimension to play with.
As a detail on the side, in single mode the coil with the regular pole pieces is engaged, not the one with the adjustable ones. Never had thought of which one would be the single.
Thanks for the input guys!
