Help needed identifying a 4-way harness

partscasteruk · May 13th, 2008, 02:00 PM

Hi
I bought a Squier Tele Standard recently which seems to have been treated to a rather upmarket upgrade - a 4-way harness with CTS 250K pots, cloth covered wiring and upgraded capacitors, not what you'd expect from a £100 guitar!
Does anyone know if this is likely to have been swapped out from a proper Fender Telecaster? Does it look like it's from a USA Reissue? Any ideas what kind/brand of switch it is and what the capacitor is? Any clues to help me identify exactly what it is and where it comes from would be gratefully appreciated!
Anthony

mellecaster · May 13th, 2008, 03:28 PM

Appears to be a Excellent Oak-Grisby Switch (used in MIM and USA Fenders)...same for the CTS pots...and could be a Sprague Capacitor ?....all good stuff.

BritishBluesBoy · May 13th, 2008, 03:34 PM

Yup, all good stuff in there. Could have been one of those pre-wired control plates you can find on eBay....? Can you show us those knobs too... They look like fairly expensive, heavy knurled 50's style ones too... Looks like someone did you a real favor!

Cool.

partscasteruk · May 13th, 2008, 07:20 PM

Thanks guys - that's really helpful!
I thought it might be an Oak Grisby switch too, but it doesn't have any branding so I wasn't sure. The control plate is really thick and smooth and the knobs are pretty chunky too - I'll post a photo later when I've recharged my camera.

partscasteruk · May 14th, 2008, 03:40 PM

Here are a couple of more photos of those top quality Tele knobs, parts of the mystery 4-way harness I was trying to identify...

partscasteruk · May 14th, 2008, 06:20 PM

so do these look genuine Fender?

May 13th, 2008, 03:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
mellecaster Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,765 17 Photos	Appears to be a Excellent Oak-Grisby Switch (used in MIM and USA Fenders)...same for the CTS pots...and could be a Sprague Capacitor ?....all good stuff. __________________ I have never owned an Ipod or Blackberry..and doubt that I ever will......

May 13th, 2008, 03:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
BritishBluesBoy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Age: 40 Posts: 4,617 62 Photos	Yup, all good stuff in there. Could have been one of those pre-wired control plates you can find on eBay....? Can you show us those knobs too... They look like fairly expensive, heavy knurled 50's style ones too... Looks like someone did you a real favor! Cool. __________________ BBB.

May 13th, 2008, 07:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
partscasteruk TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK Age: 37 Posts: 33	Thanks guys - that's really helpful! I thought it might be an Oak Grisby switch too, but it doesn't have any branding so I wasn't sure. The control plate is really thick and smooth and the knobs are pretty chunky too - I'll post a photo later when I've recharged my camera.

May 14th, 2008, 06:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
partscasteruk TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK Age: 37 Posts: 33	so do these look genuine Fender?