Thanks much for the explanation.
In my case, I don't use typical Tele neck pickups, they're usually a Strat neck pkp of some variety, so there is no cover wire because there's no cover.
Look at this quote from editorjuno talking about Keystone pickups and their three wires. I believe this kind of situation is what I am consistently running into when I refer to 3 wires, I think somewhere in here is my problem.
Most pkps I'm using have this third wire...Bardens actually have 4 (black, brown, green, shield), HD's have three, Lawrences, Lace, most current pkps are using this 3-wire scheme, and I'm certain somewhere in here is the core of my problem.
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As a matter of fact, you can freely reverse the white and black leads of our Keystone bridge pickup for Teles to remedy phasing conflicts -- the bridge/string ground is entirely isolated from the coil and is connected separately via the blue lead.
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