I have a 3 pickup deluxe Nashville tele. Neck and middle pickups are stock, little 59 going to the bridge. I have a 250k push pull I want to use to split the coil on the bridge. Should I wire it parallel? I would also like the middle position on the 5 way to be a combo of the neck and bridge pickup instead of just the middle position. Any advice on schematics etc is very appreciated. Also will the 59 be way too strong for the stock neck and middle pickups? I don’t want to have to drop the 59 far away from the strings to compensate.
Help with wiring advice and schematic for little 59 for tele
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Re: Help with wiring advice and schematic for little 59 for tele
A few things...the Little 59 may be out of phase with the stock Fender pickups, so you will have to reverse the hot and ground. This pickup will be strong, and sound different tonally than a stock single, but it won't be so strong as to overpower the others. It is up to you if you want to wire it parallel, or use a switch to switch it into parallel if you want. It is designed to be used in series, but you have the choice here. I know there is a stock MegaSwitch that will allow the neck and bridge on the middle position of a 5 way, but a normal 5 way won't do it...a SuperSwitch will also work.
A few things...the Little 59 may be out of phase with the stock Fender pickups, so you will have to reverse the hot and ground. This pickup will be strong, and sound different tonally than a stock single, but it won't be so strong as to overpower the others. It is up to you if you want to wire it parallel, or use a switch to switch it into parallel if you want. It is designed to be used in series, but you have the choice here. I know there is a stock MegaSwitch that will allow the neck and bridge on the middle position of a 5 way, but a normal 5 way won't do it...a SuperSwitch will also work.
gregory
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Re: Help with wiring advice and schematic for little 59 for tele
Either the 59 or both middle and the neck.
If you decide to reverse the wiring and still want to split it to the inside coil, then you need to reverse each coil rather than just the hot and ground (green/black wired together, white as hot, red and bare to ground). I don't think it would matter that much either way.
I'm not familiar with the Little 59 Tele, but I'd leave it in series and not mess with alternate wiring. It's just a personal thing, but I only like doing that with hot single-sized buckers and in parallel rather than series. If the wire is the same between the Strat version and the Tele version then the DCR suggests it's quite hot, though there are still other factors in play. I'll defer to someone who actually knows. Either way, it doesn't hurt to try and it isn't like you have to remove the strings to make the change.
Parallel wiring would still be red and black together and green and white together, except the red and black would go to ground and the green and white would be your hot lead.
I'll be happy to provide you with a pinout for a Super Switch if you like. You might consider position 2 only consisting of the middle + bridge wired in parallel regardless of the position of your push-pull, assuming you like it that way. That's what I like to do when possible, at least. I'd possibly have the push-pull still work in position 3, unless I didn't like one configuration as much as the other.
I prefer to keep only the really good combos and save myself the effort in changing extra things to get from one tone to the neck, but that's just me.
Either the 59 or both middle and the neck.
If you decide to reverse the wiring and still want to split it to the inside coil, then you need to reverse each coil rather than just the hot and ground (green/black wired together, white as hot, red and bare to ground). I don't think it would matter that much either way.
I'm not familiar with the Little 59 Tele, but I'd leave it in series and not mess with alternate wiring. It's just a personal thing, but I only like doing that with hot single-sized buckers and in parallel rather than series. If the wire is the same between the Strat version and the Tele version then the DCR suggests it's quite hot, though there are still other factors in play. I'll defer to someone who actually knows. Either way, it doesn't hurt to try and it isn't like you have to remove the strings to make the change.
Parallel wiring would still be red and black together and green and white together, except the red and black would go to ground and the green and white would be your hot lead.
I'll be happy to provide you with a pinout for a Super Switch if you like. You might consider position 2 only consisting of the middle + bridge wired in parallel regardless of the position of your push-pull, assuming you like it that way. That's what I like to do when possible, at least. I'd possibly have the push-pull still work in position 3, unless I didn't like one configuration as much as the other.
I prefer to keep only the really good combos and save myself the effort in changing extra things to get from one tone to the neck, but that's just me.
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