Tele Electronics
Some Tele Pickup Wiring Diagrams — (links have been fixed)
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• 3-way Standard Tele
• 1953 TELECASTER
• 1960′s TELECASTER
• 50′s ESQUIRE
• FENDER 4 way switch with master volume and master tone
4 way switch with master volume and master tone which is a nice upgrade to the stock 3 way switch. This is the same diagram that Fender provides when you purchase a 4-way switch from them. This mod works best if the neck and bridge pickups have opposite polarity. Here are the switch positions:
POS 1 = Bridge alone
POS 2 = Neck + Bridge (parallel)
POS 3 = Neck alone
POS 4 = Neck + Bridge (series)
• GUITAR-MOD POWER TELE: Hum/Single with 5 way switch
Got a tele with humbucker in the neck and a single coil in the bridge? Looking for an interesting and versatile way to hook this up. Look no further!! This one requires a 5 way super switch to get a coil split in positions 2 and 4. Here is the switching:
- Position 1 = Bridge pickup alone
- Position 2 = Bridge pickup and SPLIT neck pickup
- Position 3 = Bridge pickups and FULL neck pickup
- Position 4 = SPLIT neck pickup
- Position 5 = FULL neck pickup.
• 5 WAY TELE
5 positions including neck/bridge in series, as well neck/bridge in series and out of phase! Some have found that some of the 5 way super switches are a bit too bulky for a Tele, but this one sold by WD music products (part # WDE5XL) seems to fit just fine into a Tele control cavity.
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I got a “404″ when I clicked on the “50′s Esquire” wiring diagram:
http://www.tdpri.com/resources/tele-electronics/articles/gifs/esquire_rg.gif
Yeah 7 months on, and the link is still down.
Maybe someone should remove the link…
I’m looking for an Esquire wiring diagram, does anyone know where to find one?
Finally Fixed these links.
Same thing with “5 WAY TELE”
Fixed now. Click away.
Hmm — looks like an older version of the page?
It was linked to an older page sorry.
Still getting the same to-day
Not any more.
How can I get the 5 way tele diagram??
Just click the link above.
Hello everybody !
I was here on ressources, to find a wiring very spécial ( but didn’ t find it …) :
- Standart 3 way télécaster wiring + esquire “speciality” : the bridge pickup direct to volume pots without tone control.
Is it possible or not ? What kind of switch do i have to buy ? and is there other thing to change ( capa etc …)
(my project is too had a neck pickup to my Esquire without loosing that very spécial sparkle modjo which is the spéciality of the esquire).
Thanks you for your answer.
rhum66
I need to know how to properly wire a single conductor cable humbucker in the neck with a single coil in the bridge, while using a 3-way switch.
Bump.
Nothing but broken links here. Where should I look?
All fixed as of today.
Why no linkies? Take ‘em down otherwise. Thanks, Joe
I fixed them instead.
Hello People !
I’ve just faced a challenge concerning a wiring job… And I’m just asking if anyone out there could give me some helpful advice about this ? I’m very happy to get some. Well, here it is… I have an electric guitar with a very special circuit, I have not soldered any of the parts yet. So, what I need, is just a complete wiring diagram which illustrates the connection between the parts mentioned beneath;
- 2 humbuckers (bridge and neck)
- 1 single coil (middle)
- 4 pot.meters; that means; 2 for volume and 2 for tone.
- One 6-way rotary pickup-switch, with 2 wafers.
I’m happy if I only can get a sound out of this, but first of all I want following pickup combinations when using the rotary switch:
1. neck only
2. neck & middle
3. all three
4. middle & bridge
5. neck & bridge
6. bridge only
…if this works, of course.
One detail:
Each of the humbuckers do have 3 wires connected. One of these soldered to ground, and the others I’m not sure about, but both of them are leads, they are 2 of a same size (one of them red and the other white. I think this means that these are “split pickups”, I dunno). The single coil on the other hand, has only 2 wires connected, one of them soldered to ground.
I hope that my description is given enough details, please tell me if not and I’ll be trying to figure it out even more. I am very very happy if anyone out there could help me e little with this. Thanks.
EilifF
I ran across some info on a rotery switch a few years back from Dan Torres! He has a website http://www.torresengineering.com that is full of great stuff! I got my info in a lttle flyer in the mail they were doing at the time, but I would almost bet if you called and asked! He would tell you right over the phone because that is just the kind of personal service that I have received!
Have a Tele with Seymore Duncan ’59 Humbucker in the neck, ’51 single coil bridge pup.
I have a 3-way “on-on-on switch to run the humbucker Series / split / parallel mounted in the control plate,
with a 5-way “Super-switch”, and a 250k No-load Tone pot.
Thinking of using .22 caps …
What is the most versatile way to wire these components?
your 5 way diagram uses 500 pots. will 250′s work correctly? and is this set up for 1.neck , 2. N and B in parallel, 3. bridge, 4. N and B in series out of phase, 5. N and B in series?
If you are using a CRL switch (I got mine from Callaham), it needs to be oriented in a specific direction, or the above 3-way diagrams will not work (no middle position signal). Just an fyi, as I spent the last 2 evenings trying to troubleshoot a new installation.
When in the middle position, only two of the opposite end lugs are closed (common); these are the ones you need to attach each pickups’ hot lead to. The other two are open and will result in no signal.
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-technical/88166-wiring-help-middle-position-dead.html
Find the CRL schematic diagram on this page:
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiring_resources_guitar_wiring_diagrams.wiring_faqs.pickup_and_mini_switch_terminal_diagrams
ok. what do the red and green lines represent?
Hi Big Dawg-
Which diagram are you looking at?
I’m looking for a nice clear sounding tele neck pickup to replace the stock one in mine now. Does any one out there have any suggestions?
hi there, can anybody help with, the jerry donahoue, correct
wiring diagram, all the diagrams on the internet show a standard tele pick up in the neck,
i am trying to replicate the fender ; jerry model , using a strat pick up in the neck.
my guitar tech has figured all the positions exept pos2 / neck and bridge slightly out of phase,
it cancels out the neck pick up, please help scotty dog
Looking at the 5 way tele wiring, but am a bit confused by the recommendation of the 24 lug super switch and the wiring diagram shown which appears to be a regular 5 way switch. Maybe I’m just missing something, but any help would be greatly appreciated…………….
Please ignore my previous post………I simply went brain dead for a moment and snapped as soon as I hit enter………