

Plugging in your cable and adjusting the knobs will feel completely out of this world.

You will absolutely love what our kit does for your guitar. The diagram removes all questions, in regards to the assembly process. We've also included the same wiring diagram that our techs use in the shop. All of the components required to assemble a top-notch Telecaster® wiring harness are included. This kit makes the assembly process a walk in the park. Because of that, we have spared no expense to ensure that the components in our kit are second to no one. We know quality components make a huge impact on the sound and feel of your guitar. This kit includes the exact same components found in our industry-leading wiring harnesses. You can find even more of them at /wiring.Up your tone game with our upgraded Telecaster® wiring kit. Man, there are just so many great Telecaster wiring options. It’s also great with our Five-Two® for Tele pickups, which session players like Brent Mason and Dean Parks like because they provide great Tele twang, but with a slightly tighter, more focused low end. This wiring works great with any vintage-output Tele pickups. The additiona of a 500k resistor wired inline with the single. Attach a new wire to that, and connect it to ground. This wiring kit uses 500k solid shaft pots for both volume and tone. That leaves a 1/4-inch nub of wire connected to the cover. That means you have to flip the pickup over and cut the little un-insulated jumper wire that connects to the cover. It’s a big boost in output and a big, fat tone.īut you need to make one important adjustment: The neck pickup’s cover has to be grounded with a separate wire. /rebates/2fresources2fpickup2fwiring-diagrams&.
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But in position 4, you get both pickups in series like a humbucker.
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This is another cool wiring scheme that gives you all the traditional sounds plus something extra. We sell Tapped Tele pickups individually, and as part of the Custom Shop ’53 Tapped Tele Model T Guitar Shop Set, which includes a 5-way switch. I like this one because you get all the traditional sounds, plus two great higher-output settings. But in the other two, you get the beefier, full-output bridge pickup alone, and the full-output bridge pickup mixed with the neck pickup.
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When you install this with a 5-way switch, you get the usual vintage Tele sounds in three of the positions. Jeff heard and liked it, and he used it on his Guitar Shop album. I designed a version for Alan Dutton, Jeff Beck’s road manager.

I’d always wanted a Tele or Esquire pickup with two output levels: a lower-output vintage sound and a hotter sound with extra volume and sustain. The next idea uses the Tapped Tele pickup I developed. But if you don’t use your tone knob a lot, or just use it to take off a little top end when you’re in the bridge position, you may find you get everything you need from the blended settings.įor a super-authentic tone, try this with my Vintage Broadcaster Pickup Set. So this is probably not a good choice for players who like using their tone knobs for wah-type sounds. There’s a trade-off, though: You don’t have a regular tone control. There are some really nice blends in there that you can’t get with the standard wiring scheme. But the coolest thing is, when you’re in position 1, the tone knob acts as a blend switch, and you can mix in as much or as little of the neck pickup as you like. That position 3 sound is too dark for a lot of players, though some guys like it for playing jazz or faking bass lines. With this wiring, position 1 is the bridge pickup, position 2 is the neck pickup, and position 3 is a dark neck pickup tone with all the treble rolled off. The first one is the oldest one: the original Broadcaster wiring scheme with a blend knob.

I want to tell you about three of my favorites. One of the great things about the Telecaster is the fact that there are so many cool alternate wiring schemes you can use.
