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Old July 10th, 2008, 09:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Wacky Wiring

Hey guys, I'm brand new here and building my first tele. I'm about halfway through and I've run into a roadblock. I'm trying to keep the wiring as user friendly and versatile as possible. I've searched high and low and couldn't find much.

I just received my custom wound pickups from Smit's. Here's their specs:

Neck Humbucker: 7.7k, Formvar wrap, Alnico III, vintage wiring w/ coil split/tap

Bridge Single Coil: 9.5k, Alnico IV, Staggered Pole, 60's wrap pattern

Here's what I'm looking for:
Pos. 1: Neck
Pos. 2: Neck & Bridge
Pos. 3: Bridge
Pos. 4: Bridge sans tone (a la esquire)
mini toggle for series/parallel
push/push or push/pull on tone for split on the neck humbucker

Is this even feasible? If so, what parts do I need (ie: 250 v. 500 pots, x cap, x resistor,...)? I'd appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks in advance.

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Old July 10th, 2008, 06:46 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I'll go ahead and bump this for the evening crowd. Maybe Deaf Eddie could be of some assistance?
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Old July 10th, 2008, 06:59 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Welcome Anon.
This isn't quite the same thing but almost

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Old July 10th, 2008, 07:18 PM   #4 (permalink)
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No need to drill extra holes:-
B500k (for the hb) linear for volume. Could be push/pull for coil tap (imo over-rated and unecessary).
'Delta' A250k for tone with 0.022µF, 0.033µF or 0.047µF for tone, the 'delta' pot cuts out the tone circuit (but imo makes little difference). You have to experiment with the capacitor, it does make a lot of difference.
4-way switch: series, neck, parallel, bridge. The 'Delta' takes care of bridge w/o tone. See Baja schematic for switch otherwise it's basic tele circuit.
HB coils in series and in phase with self and then both pickups in phase, pickup poles should run NSN or SNS (not SNN or NSS - turn the HB around). Connect cheapo moving coil (not digital) ohm-meter across coil, adjust range so needle is at half scale, tap coil with screwdriver, note which way needle moves, if coil is reversed it will go the other way. All coils should be heading in the same direction.
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Old July 11th, 2008, 10:08 AM   #5 (permalink)
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With the humbucker, would I still need to wire a resistor like in the Fender Fat telecaster diagram. I think it was a 270k resistor that was recommended. Also, what wattage would the resistor need to be?

Thanks a lot jefrs. I think that may be the style that I go with.

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