Adding push/pull coil tap to a Fallout?

[AndersM]

Hi,

I bought a second hand USA Fallout in very good condition.
However it didn't have the push/pull coil tap, which I assumed all Fallouts had. I asked the seller and he said it had been a custom order done by the store he bought it from. It is also a sunburst with a tortoise pickguard that I haven't seen on a fallout before.

Is it a big job to add the push/pull feature and wire it like a standard Fallout?

Thanks!

[Fumble fingers]

I think the early ones didn't have it yet , never done it but I believe it's somewhat easy to add a push/pull if you have a soldering iron

[trem]

You're entirely replacing the tone pot and will have to disconnect and reconnect everything to the new pot in addition to wiring the switch located on the pot, so about a dozen new solder points. If you're not comfortable with an iron in tight spots or don't have a good iron, have a tech do it. Buy the pot from the G&L store so you can be sure the shaft fits both the guitar and the tone knob without modification. Before you buy the pot, make sure that there are 4 leads coming from the bridge pickup instead of 2 (sometimes 2 conductor pickups are used if the pickup isn't going to be split). The good news is any guitar wired to a pick guard makes wiring a lot, lot easier.

[Craig]

See the Gallery (Album: Instrument Manuals and Wiring Schematics). There are wiring diagrams for both the US Fallout and the Tribute Fallout.

Hope this helps.

[AndersM]

Thanks a lot guys! Good, helpful info.
I think I'll have someone else do it for me if I decide to get it done.