History of the Telecaster's pickup wiring?

montana · June 14th, 2006, 06:19 PM

This is something I've been wondering about for quite sometime...

Why did it take until 1967 for Fender to modernize the Telecaster's pickup wiring? I can understand the need in the 50s for the preset bassy tone position, but were there that many Tele players that desired it throughout the 60s?

Telemarkman · June 15th, 2006, 02:46 AM

Hindsight is always easy.

Folks at the time were used to the old wiring, even though I can't remember ever using the bassy forward position myself.

But it was the mark of the Telecaster, one thing that set it apart from other guitars.

I guess Leo eventually changed the wiring after a lot of players had rewired their guitars or used the "in-between" positions for a number of years.

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montana TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 32	History of the Telecaster's pickup wiring? This is something I've been wondering about for quite sometime... Why did it take until 1967 for Fender to modernize the Telecaster's pickup wiring? I can understand the need in the 50s for the preset bassy tone position, but were there that many Tele players that desired it throughout the 60s?

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Telemarkman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Age: 61 Posts: 4,063	Old habits... Hindsight is always easy. Folks at the time were used to the old wiring, even though I can't remember ever using the bassy forward position myself. But it was the mark of the Telecaster, one thing that set it apart from other guitars. I guess Leo eventually changed the wiring after a lot of players had rewired their guitars or used the "in-between" positions for a number of years.