Rewiring a la Baja

justz · January 22nd, 2008, 02:14 AM

Hello,

I was thinking of rewiring my tele like a Baja Tele. I have a American Deluxe Telecaster with the S-1 switch. I was going to buy a 4-way switch and redo the wiring like a Baja tele. I will be leaving the stock pickups in, and was wondering if I would need to (or should) change the caps to match those on the Baja? Any help would be appreciated.

fivenote · January 22nd, 2008, 08:16 AM

Check out Fender's wiring diagrams at http://www.fender.com/support/wiring...arts_lists.php.

The baja uses a .05 cap and the am deluxe w/s1 uses .022.

Deaf Eddie · January 22nd, 2008, 12:18 PM

Sez I, do it with the cap you got and see how you like it. If you play with the tone pot mostly on "10", you probably wouldn't hear the difference.

BUT, after you've played it, if you decide you want it darker, just swap the cap for the .050mf.

January 22nd, 2008, 02:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
justz NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: California Posts: 5	Rewiring a la Baja Hello, I was thinking of rewiring my tele like a Baja Tele. I have a American Deluxe Telecaster with the S-1 switch. I was going to buy a 4-way switch and redo the wiring like a Baja tele. I will be leaving the stock pickups in, and was wondering if I would need to (or should) change the caps to match those on the Baja? Any help would be appreciated.

January 22nd, 2008, 08:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
fivenote Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 146 4 Photos	I think they have different caps Check out Fender's wiring diagrams at http://www.fender.com/support/wiring...arts_lists.php. The baja uses a .05 cap and the am deluxe w/s1 uses .022. __________________ ~~~~~ fivenote ~~~~~ One day I'll finally have the perfect guitar for me. That's also the day I'll get arthritis. It was a fun ride.

January 22nd, 2008, 12:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Deaf Eddie Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sunny San Diego, CA Posts: 1,158 14 Photos	Sez I, do it with the cap you got and see how you like it. If you play with the tone pot mostly on "10", you probably wouldn't hear the difference. BUT, after you've played it, if you decide you want it darker, just swap the cap for the .050mf. __________________ YMMV - I been wrong before...