Tele with mini-humbucker at the neck... wiring?

[User34603]

The 'wiring diagrams' selector dialog does not seem to allow for a Tele diagram if we want the standard Tele setup... but with a mini-humbucker at the neck rather than a standard neck single coil (2 wires).

How would we choose pot values (1 volume and 1 tone) with a single coil at the bridge and a mini-humbucker for the neck ...and how to wire it?

 

[chadd]

Re: Tele with mini-humbucker at the neck... wiring?

I wire mine up just like normal, without any taps or splits and use 250 pots without any problems.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Tele with mini-humbucker at the neck... wiring?

I would wire it like normal as well- 250k pots all around.

 

[dystrust]

Re: Tele with mini-humbucker at the neck... wiring?

+1 to the above with some caveats.

I have a SM-1n Vintage Firebird in the neck position of my Tele with a Hot Stack in the bridge. I'm running a pair of 500K pots with a .022uf cap wired 50s style. In this guitar with these pickups, 500K works great and I'm getting tones similar to early Led Zep. The Tele I had previously was too bright with 500K, so I used 250K in that. Fender used 375K pots in their '52 Hotrod Tele, but those can be a bit difficult to find.

TL;DR - Don't be afraid to use 500K pots in a Tele with a mini-humbucker; it can work great depending on the guitar.