Wiring a Tele - want no tone on neck PU

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floodstage

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I'm experimenting with the pickups and wiring on my Tele.

'Lil 59 bridge PU
stock single coil neck PU

I want to wire it 5 way.

So far no problem.

http://static.zoovy.com/img/guitarelectronics/-/wdu_hs5l11_01

However,.. I want to have the tone control only work on the bridge PU.
I want the neck PU to always be the equivalent of tone on 10/full bright tone.

Is this possible?

The Lil 59 is a lot brighter than the stock PU
I'd like to be able to roll it off a little but keep the neck pick up full bright.
I think this will make the pickups work together better, especially when switching back and forth.

links/advice?

Thanks!
 
Re: Wiring a Tele - want no tone on neck PU

I did it to my tele. Basically all you have to do is take off the wire on the switch from the "always on" contact, to the bridge only position/contact. That should do it, hopefully that helps!
 
Re: Wiring a Tele - want no tone on neck PU

Hm, sounds like my kind of Tele - the neck really doesn't need a tone knob.
 
Re: Wiring a Tele - want no tone on neck PU

Not sure about the 5-way but here's how you do it on a 3-way. Disconnect the wire where the red blob is .... then connect where the red line is. It's easy to test ... return to original if you don't like.

standard_tele2.jpg
 
Re: Wiring a Tele - want no tone on neck PU

Here is the 5-way wiring chart I found
(couldn't find a 5-way switch for tele on the Seymour Duncan site)
 
Re: Wiring a Tele - want no tone on neck PU

Here is a "modified" version of the above.

I cut the wire between the volume pot and the tone pot (see the red x)

Then I run a wire from the tone pot and connect ot to the 2 leads from the lil 59.

Does this at least look like a good place to start?

(btw, thanks for the helpful replies. A lot of forums dump on posters with low/no post counts. Nothing but help here. Thanks!)
 
Re: Wiring a Tele - want no tone on neck PU

I honestly don't know if that will work ... but there are guys here that will know. Keep in mind that in the 3-way version the middle setting is affected by the tone knob. So I think its safe to say that ANY switch setting involving the bridge pickup (linked to the tone pot) will be affected by the tone pot.

Wait around for a bit and someone more technical than I will pop up and answer your question. Lot of knowledge at this forum regarding this sort of thing.

Good luck & welcome to the forum.
 
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