Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

[Lithium_Grim]

Hi there,

I am trying to make a tele with a SD Pearly gates in the neck and a Fender nocaster as bridge. The bridge needs 250K volume but the PG needs a 500K volume. I also want to use the 4 way mod (bridge, bridge+neck in series, bridge+neck parallel, neck).

Does anyone have a diagram how I can make this and where and how I should put the 270K resistor in for the bridge?

Many thanks!!!

[hermetico]

Re: Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

the series thang will compromise your individual-tone design, since the neck hot output is always on the hot path, the neck tone will be also.

[Lithium_Grim]

Re: Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

Anyone know any alternatives so the neck pickup will not get muddy?

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

If I were you I'd use a weaker/brighter neck pickup...a Duncan Jazz is a good option if you have to have a full size bucker, if you want an even better option a Epi style Mini humbucker (NOT a Firebird pickup) is a GREAT neck bucker for a Tele. Don't get me wrong, the PG is a GREAT pickup but I wouldn't use one in a Tele neck position.

Also, FWIW the 4 way switching on a Tele with a neck bucker is a waste of time. The 4th (series) position is so fat with 2 single coils that once you go to a single AND a bucker in series it's really un-usable.

[AniML]

Re: Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

The gibson 70s tribute minis make nice tele neck pickups. They are kind of a hybrid design between a firebird and an epi mini. They have a single Alnico bar magnet and dual blades with no screw poles, i.e. solid cover. They can occasionally be found on eBay and are very happy on a 250k pot

[elelpe]

Re: Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

You can run volume knob for each pickup, 250k and 500k (no tone knob). I've got great result with Nocaster - '59 using 375k pots. Or if you want to use 250k pots all the way, Jazz or SM1 Mini Vintage is nice choice.

[Lithium_Grim]

Re: Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

Ok so now I'm exploring different paths

1. Try an SH-2 I have laying around with a 250K pot
2. Seperate volume controls
3. Switchable 500K resistor parallel to bridge.

As for option 3 I made up the following schematic. Will this work you think? All 500K resistors BTW.

[Lithium_Grim]

Re: Tele 4-way with humbucker neck question for placing 270K resistor

Ps If I put a 470K on the hot lug of the volumepot and the other side to ground, than I simulate a 250K (ok ok, 240K) pot right?