4-way tele switch

[instant100]

hi,
i am installing a 4-way switch in my tele. i have looked at the wiring diagram on the seymour duncan site. the diagram labels the switch as a 3-way. is this a mistake in the wiring diagram?

thanks,
dave

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: 4-way tele switch

i'm racking my brain, trying to figure out what possition 4 could possibly be used for, but i can't think of anything. Why don't you just use the 3-way it came with..?

 

[DepecheMoses]

Re: 4-way tele switch

EP: You use a 4-way to get the two pickups in series instead of parallel.
It's just a mislabling. There's an extra lug on each side of the switch as compared to the diagrammed 3-way switches.

 

[DazH]

Re: 4-way tele switch

I had about a million problems with my 4-way - it's not as simple as it looks, rather than connect hot wires to lugs it uses a "negative" wire (note: not "ground")

I personally found that the solution was all here:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/just-pickups/64925-4-way-switch-wiring-problem.html?highlight=4-way

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: 4-way tele switch

Two singles on a Tele in series, like a humbucker? That's gotta sound weeeird, but I could see why you'd do it.

 

[MikeS]

Re: 4-way tele switch

Two singles on a Tele in series, like a humbucker? That's gotta sound weeeird, but I could see why you'd do it.

I've got a 4-way on order for my tele. I really want to hear what a pair of Quarter Pounders sound like in series.

 

[stevie_bees]

Re: 4-way tele switch

I've got a 4-way on order for my tele. I really want to hear what a pair of Quarter Pounders sound like in series.

A Half-Pounder???????

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: 4-way tele switch

A Half-Pounder???????

Double quarter pounder w/ cheese?


Or for Pierre, Royale with cheese?

 

[Curly]

Re: 4-way tele switch

the tele I just got has a 4 way

I like the series position -- it's fat and vocal ... but the other positions will take some getting used to because they're backwards from a regular tele

 

[cohara41]

Re: 4-way tele switch

Wrote Today about trying a Tele with a 5way and a DPDT to get alot of tones hopefully but need any suggestions I can get. Please see my earlier thread today...Thanks....C

 

[jeremy]

Re: 4-way tele switch

ive used one off an on. the wiring is a pain but once you get it right, i think the 4th position is usable.

curly, so from the neck side its wired bridge/parallel/neck/series? that is weird, typically it is series/neck/parallel/bridge so just like a normal tele but with one more click closer to the neck. if yours is reversed, id just flip the switch over