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I was just watching Joe's Pagey vid for reference in another thread and it reminded me of a nagging question I've had for awhile. Does anyone make Push-push pots - like those old big dining room dimmer switches? They might need to be a 'tad' bigger to accommodate the spring, but they would sure make switching on the fly easier. It's a no brainer if it's possible. You could even get fancy and put a led in there if you can't keep track or feel it out.

Someone needs to do this if they don't already exist.

Just saying....

I love the thought of the ease of use of a push-push pot to control something, but there would be at least one possible downside. When you plug your guitar in, there's no concrete way of knowing which state the pot is in other than listening. You'll have to be very careful not to bump it our you could turn it on in the wrong configuration.

Quote from Schrodingersgoldfish on August 31, 2012, 10:37
there's no concrete way of knowing which state the pot is in other than listening.

Apparently they sit at a different height in each setting. So if you use your fingers to gauge space, you should be able to tell where they're set.

Wow — thanks for starting this thread. That idea wasn't even on my radar.

Quote from mwseniff on September 1, 2012, 10:00
Bingo! That is definitely the drawback. But at least the one in my WRC-5 takes a bit of effort to switch and I never had a problem with bumping it accidentally, tho' I've had that problem with the push-pull types.

I figured it wouldn't be a huge deal, but it might still cause trouble. If you're just using it to control your pickup wiring, there are worse things than playing a guitar with your coils split accidentally, but if you had it wired up to something like an ugly fuzz, well, you would probably have a post for the funny gig stories thread.

If you were good enough to avoid making these mistakes, I can see how it would be incredibly convenient for quick switching on stage.