Telecaster Blend Pot Wiring

For other pot values you unfortunately can t use the cap only method because it would kill the mid frequencies.

Telecaster blend pot wiring. A while back i showed you leo fender s two pickup esquire wiring or broadcaster blend circuit the two pickup esquire wiring april 2013 which was the first telecaster wiring ever. The higher the value the more treble you ll receive when rolling back the volume. For a standard telecaster with two singlecoil pickups connected to two 250k pots install a 470pf cap and experiment from there. Laburnum ave 2nd floor richmond va 23227 804 358 2699 email protected.

This was leo fenders original wiring used from 1950 52. Two 250k ω pots originally from the stackpole company. We ve also included a couple of samples so you begin to see some of the wiring options. There is no tone control just a 3 way switch volume and blender pot.

A blend pot can be wired into a guitar in several different ways. This transitional circuit consists of. Blend pot wiring for telecaster you are right it is going to be a tight fit i was going to get a blank control plate and use the dime pots i ll be using the oak grigsby 5 way switch which fits the control cavity with some room to spare even then it is going to be tight. One is a master volume the other a blend control.

Fender steel inspired pickups shaped like a telecaster bridge pickup. In the first position bridge the bridge pickup is engaged. We think we ve nailed it with this harness. In his original hand drawn circuit leo identifies the 250k pots as 1 4 meg and there s even a little error the 15k ω resistor is shown as 15m.

A 3 way pickup selector switch originally a crl with the 1452. Below is a basic diagram showing how the pot would be wired. By now most agree that it s not stock tele wiring but a modified broadcaster circuit. Because of this we can only cover some basic wirings that could be further developed for the particular needs of your set up.

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