In need of a Tele wiring guru!

Hey all! I'm hoping to rewire a partscaster Tele that I put together several years ago, but I'm unable to find a diagram that closely resembles one that I'm looking for. I would think that it should be relatively easy, but I just don't know this stuff well enough to pull it off. At any rate, it's pretty much like this:

Standard 2-pickup Tele with 4-way blade switch, "two" volume controls and one master tone control.

Position 1: Bridge pickup only
Position 2: Bridge & neck pickup in parallel
Position 3: Neck pickup only
Position 4: Bridge & neck pickup in series

Of course, adding the extra volume control is where I'm getting thrown off, but since I have this in a 3-way configuration in another Tele, I thought I'd try it with a 4-way on this one. If it helps, here's a blank layout diagram of what I'm looking for:



Some help would be greatly appreciated, and thanks in advance!

 

Yeah, that gets close. The PRS DGT and a few Flying V diagrams get pretty close as well. I'm just having a tough time wrapping my head around the wiring of a 4-way blade switch. The 3-way is pretty straight-forward.

That's certainly an idea I haven't thought of. Do you think it's even possible with a 4-way switch?

 

Ahhh......ok. Gotcha! I'd just have to figure out how it tunnels it's way through the 4-way. I just don't work with this kind of thing often enough to have a clear understanding of it, but I can likely figure it out.

 

Thanks, I'll give this a try tonight and see where I get with it.

 

Ha! I was hoping that someone might connect the dots! That's perfect! Thanks!

 

One question: Will I need to bother with hooking up a third wire on the neck pickup?

 

Yeah, I noticed that you edited the switch. Thanks! And, thanks for the wiring diagram! It's very helpful and appreciated!

 

Yeah, I'm in the same boat in terms of drawing up schematics. I have no problems soldering up a guitar by following a schematic, but my skills are very limited when it comes to knowing where all of the wires are supposed to go.....LOL.

Regarding your question on having two volume controls, my goal with this particular guitar is to essentially have sort of a Gibson-style wiring scheme where I can independently blend the volumes of each pickup to taste. Of course, it's a little fussier to be messing around with another knob while on a gig, but sometimes I like to dial the neck pickup back just a bit when soloing when both pickups are engaged. Having "different preset" volumes for each pickup is just an added bonus.

I also have a similar setup in another Tele, but since it has a 3-way switch, I'm unable to have the 4th position. On yet another Tele where I do have the 4th position (standard volume & tone), I find that I'd like to have the capability of dialing back the neck pickup back so that the series configuration becomes a little less muddy. I would suppose it's safe to say that I'd ideally like to have all of the above features in a single guitar but, then again, it's also just an experiment that I'd like to try. If it becomes a bit too cumbersome, I'll probably just settle with the 3-way configuration and be done with it. Hopefully that makes some sense.

Rex, I just noticed that you're in Tucson. We get down that way at least once a year......sometimes twice a year. We're also looking at spending our winters in AZ in the very near future. We love it there!

 

And, we're getting some light snow with a temp of 25F......ugh! Needless to say, I'm not much of a winter person. We're looking at coming down sometime in February. BTW, I have a mother-in-law in Green Valley and a daughter and her family in Tempe. I would suppose that Rainbow Music is a frequent stop for you. I've been there a few times.

 

Way, way cool! That makes much more sense! Thanks!