Hey folks - so I'm building a tele with 2 4wire humbuckers, a 3 way blade, a push/pull vol and a regular tone pot. Straight forward: pull for single coil in any switch position. My issue is I want to wire it 50's style to isolate the tone knob but I can't find the diagram for the wiring on the cap. With regular pots it would be 3rd lug tone to middle volume but with a push/pull ?? If all goes well it should be a very mellow jazz/blues setup. Thanks in advance. - Jim
Oddball tele build wiring.
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shadowfire90
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Re: Oddball tele build wiring.
This will help
this comes from the premier guitar article if you'd like a description to go along with it
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29161-mod-garage-three-ways-to-wire-a-tone-pot
If you need any extra help with this diagram let me know. If anything use the 7 way mod as a reference. To deactivate the bridge pickup
middle terminal on the push pull - doesn't matter which side - to the switch
top terminal - closest to you soldering - hot lead to the switch - 1/3 for the bridge. Or "0" if you go with the seymour duncan approach. There are two ways and both are acceptable for 2 pole 3 way blades.
For different styles of tone controls. Stick with modern and 50s. We have talked about this wiring a few times on here and 60s doesn't seem to have any differences.
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This will help
this comes from the premier guitar article if you'd like a description to go along with it
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29161-mod-garage-three-ways-to-wire-a-tone-pot
If you need any extra help with this diagram let me know. If anything use the 7 way mod as a reference. To deactivate the bridge pickup
middle terminal on the push pull - doesn't matter which side - to the switch
top terminal - closest to you soldering - hot lead to the switch - 1/3 for the bridge. Or "0" if you go with the seymour duncan approach. There are two ways and both are acceptable for 2 pole 3 way blades.
For different styles of tone controls. Stick with modern and 50s. We have talked about this wiring a few times on here and 60s doesn't seem to have any differences.
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Artie
Peaveyologist
Re: Oddball tele build wiring.
Just for the record, what you're showing as "modern" and "60's", are exactly identical. Since a tone pot is wired as a 2-terminal rheostat, it doesn't matter which order the two terminals are in. Apparently, whomever drew that missed that part in electronics class.
Just for the record, what you're showing as "modern" and "60's", are exactly identical. Since a tone pot is wired as a 2-terminal rheostat, it doesn't matter which order the two terminals are in. Apparently, whomever drew that missed that part in electronics class.