Greetings, this is my first post here, though I've been poking around on the site for a while. I've been playing non-professionally for about 14 years, but in bands only off and on. Currently, I'm playing in my first power-trio, so I'm getting used to carrying all the guitar responsibilities (plus singing half the time). I was playing a Japanese Telecaster while my main guitar (Gibson LP studio) was being repaired, and now that I'm back on the LP I've realized I could really use more tonal options as the sole guitarist. So, I'd like to replace the stock pickups with 4-wire PUPs and some switching to do coil-cutting, etc.

I checked out guitarelectronics.com for long-shaft 500k push/pull pots but the description said that they couldn't be used for parallel/series or reverse phasing. Would this be because they are single-pole/single-throw? The normal-shaft push/pull pots at guitarelectronics.com are double-pole/double-throw. Does anyone know where I might find long-shaft DP/DT push-pull pots? I'd like to avoid mini-switches, so I was reckoning on 4 push-pull pots. If anyone has done a mod like this, I'd love to hear your suggestions for getting the most versatility out of the setup.

Addtionally, any pickup recommendations would be welcome. My style is basically classic rock, bluesy, not too fast, I prefer "overdriven" to "distorted". I don't use any pedals except maybe a wah. Neil Young, Allman Bros., Yardbirds, Who, Love, Jerry Garcia, Steve Cropper, some other odd influences.

I apologize for such a huge first post, but I live in the mountainous-countryside of Japan and anyway my Japanese is not quite up to "guitar wiring technology discussion" level yet. :D

Much abliged,
Eben