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Gibson SG '61 RI PP pots


Tomm Williams

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Gibson doesn't reference push/pull pots in their description of that model: http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/SG/Gibson-USA/SG-61-Reissue-Satin.aspx,

http://archive.gibson.com/en-us/divisions/gibson%20usa/products/sg/sg%2061reissue/. Your guitar may have had the pots replaced. My Schecter has a push/pull tone pot that splits the coils and I notice an accompanying volume drop. Just a guess but I'd say that's what was done to your SG.

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Gibson doesn't reference push/pull pots in their description of that model: http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/SG/Gibson-USA/SG-61-Reissue-Satin.aspx,

http://archive.gibson.com/en-us/divisions/gibson%20usa/products/sg/sg%2061reissue/. Your guitar may have had the pots replaced. My Schecter has a push/pull tone pot that splits the coils and I notice an accompanying volume drop. Just a guess but I'd say that's what was done to your SG.

 

I believe you are correct. The more I play with it the more it seems to take on a single coil tone in one position

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One quick way to find out, particularly if your pickups don't have covers, is to tap on one of the pole pieces with a small screw driver. If the coil is active you'll hear that tapping noise in your amp - if you've "split" the pickup then you'll get a noise from one coil but not the other.

 

Most of the time "splitting" is done by grounding one of the coils rather than floating it - you can look at the back of the pot where the switch will be and see how it is wired.

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I do that all the time when I'm wiring something and want to make sure I've got it right but don't want to put strings on it. Lots of times I'll want to check switch positions or see if I have a pot wired correctly - I'll plug it into the little amp that sits under the bench and tap on a pickup pole.

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