Telecaster Middle Pickup Wiring Diagram

If one day you decide to switch back to the classic two pickup tele configuration you can simply take out the middle pickup switch back to a 3 way telecaster switch and reinstall a standard telecaster pickguard that will cover the third pickup cavity.

Telecaster middle pickup wiring diagram. Esquire eldred mod wiring. Roll it up to 10 and the tone control goes away. To wire a reverse telecaster control plate so the 3 way switch is on the far side away from your hand we have a wiring guide on how to do this. If you want the series option and the neck pickup only has two wires.

As you can see this schematic has presets which don t work all that well with most tele players playing style and there is no position for neck and bridge combined which has become the quintessential telecaster tone. Plus info on switches pots coil splitting and more. This wiring is referred to as the modern or standard telecaster wiring and is still in use today. Single coils humbuckers hum sing sing hum sing hum and much more.

Now that we ve analyzed the telecaster dark circuit that fender used from mid 1952 up to late 1967 factory telecaster wirings pt. Pickups also have a sort of flavor and some go better together than others. Position 2 switch in middle. All of the components used in this guide can be found in our guitar electronics section.

That d be my suggestion. Neck pickup w tone control position 3 switch to left. Wiring in series with push pull pot 1 single coil 1 volume 1 tone. Telecaster 4 way switch wiring.

If the neck pickup has three wires you can wire a 4 way switch for the series option. Complete listing of all original fender telecaster guitar wiring diagrams in pdf format. Jimmy page les paul. 1 august 2013 it s time to explore the tele wiring that was introduced after 1967.

Les paul out of phase. Original fender telecaster wiring diagrams. Telecaster 3 way switch wiring. You will have to run a separate ground for the cover.

Hs telecaster wiring humbucker single coil les paul sg. Under the assumption that this is a telecaster. Neck pickup with no tone control and treble rolled off pre set bassy position. The next thing to be concerned about in modifying your tele for nashville style wiring is that the new pickup is compatible with those already in place.

If both are two wire a standard tele wiring should do. 50s les paul wiring refer to our guide on wiring a les paul modern les paul wiring. To view or download a diagram click the download link to the right. You can just use a no load tone pot plus the wiring diagram you posted earlier.

It s never active for the neck pup. You will want to consider the pickups output level so they re not loud or quiet when you switch them. Cap in series with the pickup cuts bass not treble.