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Butch's Jerry Donahue Tele Thread....
Okay, with all the Jerry Donahue wiring threads out there, I thought I'd start another one. This one will be my personal journey into, what some (including me) consider, one of the most complicated wiring schemes out there.
Feel free to add your own notes, questions, and thoughts here. I know there are some, on the forum, that have wanted to do this wiring as long as I have.
Some ask, "Why do you want to pursue this? Is it the Strat quack you achieve by using only 2 pickups?" "Why not just do the 3-pickup Tele thing?"
Here's my answer. It's not because I am building a shrine or tribute to Jerry Donahue. He is one of favorite players and an influence as well; however, the desire to do this wiring scheme comes more from the functional need than the desire to "be like Jerry". I have used 3-pickup Telecasters since the early 90's. I have always struggled with the middle pickup getting in the way. I also really love the look of a sleek, simple 2-pickup Telecaster. With the Peavey Omniac's wiring choices being a bit different than Fender's (maybe Jerry had time to evolve the switching through years of use). Here's what you get with the Omniac and what I am striving for. These switch positions are numbered with the switch going from neck to bridge.
What I miss is the one tone I really never used in a band situation - the neck/middle combination. I will post events and thoughts along the way of this journey....
Feel free to add your own notes, questions, and thoughts here. I know there are some, on the forum, that have wanted to do this wiring as long as I have.
Some ask, "Why do you want to pursue this? Is it the Strat quack you achieve by using only 2 pickups?" "Why not just do the 3-pickup Tele thing?"
Here's my answer. It's not because I am building a shrine or tribute to Jerry Donahue. He is one of favorite players and an influence as well; however, the desire to do this wiring scheme comes more from the functional need than the desire to "be like Jerry". I have used 3-pickup Telecasters since the early 90's. I have always struggled with the middle pickup getting in the way. I also really love the look of a sleek, simple 2-pickup Telecaster. With the Peavey Omniac's wiring choices being a bit different than Fender's (maybe Jerry had time to evolve the switching through years of use). Here's what you get with the Omniac and what I am striving for. These switch positions are numbered with the switch going from neck to bridge.
- Pos. 1: Neck pickup normal - This is just a normal Strat pickup circuit.
- Pos. 2: Neck pickup with special tone circuit - This gives a fuller, warmer tone synonymous with maybe a 335.
- Pos. 3: Neck and Bridge pickups together in parallel - this is the normal middle switch position on a Telecaster.
- Pos. 4: Bridge and neck pickups out of phase. Using various caps and resistors, this tone is like the bridge and middle pickups together on a Strat.
- Pos. 5: Bridge pickup - This is the standard circuit for the bridge pickup alone.
What I miss is the one tone I really never used in a band situation - the neck/middle combination. I will post events and thoughts along the way of this journey....
) have had some combination of three pickups. Maybe it was a standard Tele pickup config with a Strat pickup in the middle; or maybe Strat pickup in both the neck and middle; or even a mini or full-size humbucker in the neck and a Strat pickup in the middle. You see where I have been and what emotional "stuff" I have been dealing with...
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