Push pull knob

[henryr]

Hi all,

I'm new to electric guitars and recently bought an SE custom. What does the 3 position switch and push/pull knob do?

Thanks
henryr

 

[markintime]

Hi all,

I'm new to electric guitars and recently bought an SE custom. What does the 3 position switch and push/pull knob do?

Thanks
henryr

The 3 position switch lets you choose either neck, bridge, or both pickups. Push/pull lets you choose between humbucking or single coil on the pickups. There is a slight volume loss when pulling the knob up.

 

[henryr]

Thanks for the info. This is all completely new to me. I'm guessing the push pull will effect what ever pups are chosen with the 3 position switch so either the neck, bass or both pups can be reduced in volume. Is that correct? I'll have to look up what humbucking and single coil means and learn also more about electric guitars.

 

[markintime]

^ ^ ^ Exactly. What it will do is take one winding from the humbucker(s) for the single coil, hence the reduced output. But a little bump with the volume knob, assuming it is not maxed already, and you're back in business. So you set your single coil volume first at max, switch to humbucking and back off volume to about 8 or whatever to match. Then whenever you want single coil just roll volume to max.

 

[Ol'Lefty]

My PRS S2 Singlecut has the best coil split I have ever been around- least loss of volume and very close to true single coil "chime-like" tone. I have a Strat "Partscaster" with hot Suhr/Aldrich humbuckers and splitting and it is abysmal- it gets just plain weak. Getting ready to string a Robert Cray Strat on which I installed a neck with Sperzel lockers- it ought to be as "single-coil" as you can get. Hardtail - I hate Fender trems- so no extra hardware for the signal to fight through.