How to wire a Duncan 2TL - 3 wire bridge pickup?

Johnny Isaacs · March 18th, 2006, 11:52 PM

Hey all... I picked up a '86 62RI Tele today and I'm installing the 4 way switch and what I've found is the bridge pickup has 3 wires coming out of it! How do I wire this with my 4 way switch?!? It's a Seymour Duncan pickup. The sticker reads 2TL.....

Thanks!

Johnny Isaacs

Johnny Isaacs · March 19th, 2006, 01:17 AM

Apparently I have a Tapped Tele SD pickup. Maybe that will help....

Johnny Isaacs

Deaf Eddie · March 20th, 2006, 03:18 PM

If it's an STL-2, it could certainly be a tapped single coil pup. Judging from this drawing on the S-D site, the black lead is ground, the white lead is hot (that seems pretty familiar), and the red lead is the coil-tap.

Seymour Duncan's tapped Tele bridge pup

If you don't want to take advantage of the coil-tap, just wrap the end of that red wire with some black electrical tape, tuck it away and hook up the black and white leads like you would any Tele bridge pup for that 4-way switch mod.

The scheme they show in the drawing is just ONE way to use the coil tap, using a 5-way - you could put it on a push/pull to work it into your 4-way setup...

Johnny Isaacs · March 20th, 2006, 04:10 PM

So how would I wire it up using the push/pull pot??

thanks!

Johnny Isaacs

Deaf Eddie · March 20th, 2006, 04:52 PM

You could put the push/pull in the volume or tone spot, so I don't show the wiring of the pot - you'd just copy the pot you are replacing.

Here's how I would do it - pretty dang simple...

Now, I am ASSUMING here that the Seymour Duncan pup wants to be shunt to HOT (because of their drawing)- some pups want to be shunt to ground. To shunt to ground, instead of hot, the jumper that I have going to the 4-way would just go to ground, like, on the back/side of the pot.

Your "extra" lead, the red wire, goes to the switch and is turned on and off by yanking on the knob. As shown here, "in" is full bridge pup, "out" or "up" is the bridge pup with the coil tap engaged.

The 4-way is wired just as it is shown in the 4-way docs, with the exception that you will have TWO leads going to the bridge lug on the 4-way - the white one from the pickup, and a new one from the switch.

March 18th, 2006, 11:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Johnny Isaacs Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,468 3 Photos	How to wire a Duncan 2TL - 3 wire bridge pickup? Hey all... I picked up a '86 62RI Tele today and I'm installing the 4 way switch and what I've found is the bridge pickup has 3 wires coming out of it! How do I wire this with my 4 way switch?!? It's a Seymour Duncan pickup. The sticker reads 2TL..... Thanks! Johnny Isaacs __________________ Myspace music page I've never trusted a guitar player who hasn't licked a few 9volts... Famous last words...... after this one, no new Tele's!

March 19th, 2006, 01:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Johnny Isaacs Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,468 3 Photos	Update... Apparently I have a Tapped Tele SD pickup. Maybe that will help.... Johnny Isaacs __________________ Myspace music page I've never trusted a guitar player who hasn't licked a few 9volts... Famous last words...... after this one, no new Tele's!

March 20th, 2006, 03:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
Deaf Eddie Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sunny San Diego, CA Posts: 1,248 14 Photos	If it's an STL-2, it could certainly be a tapped single coil pup. Judging from this drawing on the S-D site, the black lead is ground, the white lead is hot (that seems pretty familiar), and the red lead is the coil-tap. Seymour Duncan's tapped Tele bridge pup If you don't want to take advantage of the coil-tap, just wrap the end of that red wire with some black electrical tape, tuck it away and hook up the black and white leads like you would any Tele bridge pup for that 4-way switch mod. The scheme they show in the drawing is just ONE way to use the coil tap, using a 5-way - you could put it on a push/pull to work it into your 4-way setup... __________________ YMMV - I been wrong before...

March 20th, 2006, 04:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Johnny Isaacs Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,468 3 Photos	Yes it's a tapped Tele pickup.... So how would I wire it up using the push/pull pot?? thanks! Johnny Isaacs __________________ Myspace music page I've never trusted a guitar player who hasn't licked a few 9volts... Famous last words...... after this one, no new Tele's!

March 20th, 2006, 04:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Deaf Eddie Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sunny San Diego, CA Posts: 1,248 14 Photos	You could put the push/pull in the volume or tone spot, so I don't show the wiring of the pot - you'd just copy the pot you are replacing. Here's how I would do it - pretty dang simple... Now, I am ASSUMING here that the Seymour Duncan pup wants to be shunt to HOT (because of their drawing)- some pups want to be shunt to ground. To shunt to ground, instead of hot, the jumper that I have going to the 4-way would just go to ground, like, on the back/side of the pot. Your "extra" lead, the red wire, goes to the switch and is turned on and off by yanking on the knob. As shown here, "in" is full bridge pup, "out" or "up" is the bridge pup with the coil tap engaged. The 4-way is wired just as it is shown in the 4-way docs, with the exception that you will have TWO leads going to the bridge lug on the 4-way - the white one from the pickup, and a new one from the switch. __________________ YMMV - I been wrong before...