how to bypass tone knob for tele neck pickup?

I have my tele set up with the standard 3-way switch (neck, neck+bridge, bridge) going to the tone pot, and wondered how I could set it up to bypass the tone pot for just the neck pickup.

I'm hoping to gain a little more high end on the neck pickup by doing this.

thanks,
J.

I used this diagram for mine, when wired like this the tone control only works for the bridge pickup alone. Other wirings I tried bypassed the tone control in the neck position but activated it in the middle position - I wanted mine wired so that I could have the tone control rolled off a little in the bridge position without affecting any of the other two positions.

Could you just fit a no load tone pot? It would give you what you want with more flexibility.

Could you just fit a no load tone pot? It would give you what you want with more flexibility.

That wouldn't achieve what I want at all, as I want to be able to roll off some treble on the bridge pickup only, while at the same time still have the tone bypassed for the neck pickup.

I used this diagram for mine, when wired like this the tone control only works for the bridge pickup alone. Other wirings I tried bypassed the tone control in the neck position but activated it in the middle position - I wanted mine wired so that I could have the tone control rolled off a little in the bridge position without affecting any of the other two positions.

Cool, I'll have to give this a whirl tonight.

thanks!
J.

I used this diagram for mine, when wired like this the tone control only works for the bridge pickup alone. Other wirings I tried bypassed the tone control in the neck position but activated it in the middle position - I wanted mine wired so that I could have the tone control rolled off a little in the bridge position without affecting any of the other two positions.

Steinar G-
I did the wiring you suggested (the bottom one) and it worked perfectly! I actually had my tele wired up exactly like the bottom diagram already. This was how my tech had it wired a couple years ago when it was on a different tele. Except the wire to the tone pot was coming off of the same lug on the volume pot that the switch was wired to. All I had to do was unsolder that wire from the volume lug and re-solder it to the lug on the switch that you indicated.

thanks so much!

Steinar G-
I did the wiring you suggested (the bottom one) and it worked perfectly! I actually had my tele wired up exactly like the bottom diagram already. This was how my tech had it wired a couple years ago when it was on a different tele. Except the wire to the tone pot was coming off of the same lug on the volume pot that the switch was wired to. All I had to do was unsolder that wire from the volume lug and re-solder it to the lug on the switch that you indicated.

thanks so much!

:grin:

I've been very happy with it, I love being able to roll off the tone for the bridge pickup without it affecting the other two positions..