The Art of Tone
Bourns 250k Push Pull Pot – Short Shaft Audio Taper
Bourns 250k Push Pull Pot – Short Shaft Audio Taper
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Transform Your Tone with the Bourns 250k Push Pull Pot
The Bourns 250k push pull pot is a high-performance short-shaft potentiometer designed for guitarists who demand precision and versatility. Ideal for single-coil pickups, this audio taper pot ensures smooth volume and tone control while taming harsh high frequencies. Its DPDT push/pull functionality unlocks advanced mods like coil splitting and phasing, making it a must-have for hobbyists, techs, and luthiers alike.
Why Choose the Bourns 250k Push Pull Pot?
- Enhanced Tone Clarity: The 250k Ohm resistance is perfect for single-coil pickups, delivering warm, balanced tones.
- Versatile Modding Options: The DPDT push/pull mechanism allows you to easily access coil splits, phase switching, or other creative wiring configurations.
- Effortless Adjustments: Low friction rotation ensures smooth operation, allowing precise control during performances without interruption.
- Durable Build: Solid brass short shaft bushing fits thinner guitar tops securely and withstands heavy use.
Key Features
- Resistance: 250k Ohm (±20% tolerance), ideal for single-coil pickups.
- Taper: Audio taper mimics natural sound perception for seamless volume and tone transitions.
- Shaft: Short split shaft with coarse knurl, compatible with metric-sized knobs (6mm diameter, 18-tooth spline).
- Push/Pull Functionality: DPDT switch enables advanced mods like coil splitting or phase switching.
- Hardware Included: Comes with two nuts, a dress washer, and a lock washer for secure installation.
Buying Tips
- Check Compatibility: Ensure your guitar has a 3/8" (9.5mm) mounting hole. Import guitars may require drilling or reaming to fit these pots.
- Knob Fit: Designed for metric-sized knobs with an 18-tooth spline; not compatible with standard US knobs (24-tooth spline).
- Bushing Height: These short-shaft pots are slightly taller than some 1/4" bushing pots, offering greater compatibility across different guitar models.
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My go-to's for any axe build with coil splitting/ switching involved. Always easy to solder. They have smooth movement and a reliable signal sweep.
If your guitar wiring diagram has a weird component drawing for a round potentiometer
that also has a rectangle with six lugs.. this most-likely is the doo-hickey.
This manufacturer/part was recommended by the host of one of my favorite luthier podcasts, and I picked this version and the fender version to compare and I went with this one based on the push/pull click.
I am that vacuous.
Can’t go wrong with Bourns electric guitar parts! 🤘😈
Bourn is usually a pretty reliable source for potentiometers of all sorts, so I was surprised to have had a issue with these.
Electrically, they are fine. Proper resistance, proper taper, smooth operation, pre-tinned terminals -- everything you could want.
The problem is with the push-pull switch. After installing two of these as Tone pots on a Stratocaster guitar, when pulling to activate the switch, on one pot the shaft pulled completely out of the pot, without activating the switch. Nor does there seem to be any way to get in back in there permanently -- every time I pull up on the knob, the entire shaft detaches from the pot, and comes out of the guitar with the knob..
Needless to say, on a pot where the main feature is the push-pull switch, this is a bit of an issue. Now I have to re-open the guitar, desolder a dozen wires, replace the pot/switch, and resolder all the wires.
Not something I had expected to have to do, especially with a name-brand control.
I've installed these (250 and 500k variants) on five of my guitars. I've had one in an HSS Strat for over ten years and have never had a problem. I did have to replace one in another guitar; that one lasted about 10-12 years. The other guitars have only been recently done. They've got a good taper, and turn quick and smooth. I haven't noticed any popping noises when operating the switch. It pulls and pushes easily, though some knobs may offer better grip than others.