Mini pots with split??

[johnnyfamous]

Building a thinline with a hum bucker and twin f holes. I had hoped to not have a rear access cover. I have seen on this site that folks have used mini pots and fed them through the f hole- no problem.

my issue is I had hoped to have a push pull pot to split the bridge hum bucker, I cant see that thing being able to make it thorough. there is only 1 and 1/8 cavity and thats about how long the switch is.

IS it possible to buy a mini pot with push pull?? Or is it possible to mod these switches and make them smaller?

[Crafty Fox]

Have a look at the thread 'Pickguardless Tele Builds' and you'll see a few twin 'F' Thinlines. I think someone said he got the pots in via the bridge pickup route. Must be routed through to the cavity? And I don't think he mentioned mini-pots either.

[guitar2005]

I get my mini push-pull pots from www.tubesandmore.com

[johnnyfamous]

Originally Posted by guitar2005

I get my mini push-pull pots from www.tubesandmore.com

i cant see any mini push pulls just a regular potentiometers?

[Nunberry]

Under "Bourns" there's several different catagorys listed as mini-push-pulls, 17mm body diameter on them. Looking for some for an ES-335 clone, so have the same F-hole issue. (thanks Guitar2005 ;) )

Worth noting that the depth of the switch block is not mentioned, and doesn't look any shallower than a regular push-pull - the Mini part is the diameter of the pot - so even if there's enough clearance to line the shaft up with the mounting hole it could still be an issue depending on how far from the F-holes you're going to have to move the pot to fit it. Your solder is going to take a lot of stress and strain on it's magical journey.

[guitar2005]

Originally Posted by johnnyfamous

i cant see any mini push pulls just a regular potentiometers?

They're under "Potentiometers"->"Alpha"->"Push-Pull"