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Re: Tele 7-way wiring

8/15/1999 10:29 AM
Steve A.	Re: Tele 7-way wiring Fred: I'm not sure how Fender is wiring them up, but a p-p pot could be used to add in the bridge (or the neck) pickup to whatever combination is selected by the 5-way switch. Run a lead from the bridge pu hot to the switch and one from the switch to the vol pot cw terminal (or selector switch common). But there are many duplicated positions with that setup (like #3 and #4 will be identical w/ the p-p switch activated: middle and bridge). So the Nashville Tele has a strat pickup in the middle? I believe that Fender makes a few custom Teles that do it right: move the tele neck pickup to the middle position and put a nice sounding strat pickup at the neck! When people talk about a great sounding strat pickup they have, how often is it the middle pickup they are referring to? It seems to me that it is the neck pickup on a strat that I would really like to add to a Tele... now that would be one killer guitar! Steve Ahola

8/15/1999 10:29 AM

Steve A.

Re: Tele 7-way wiring

Fred:

    I'm not sure how Fender is wiring them up, but a p-p pot could be used to add in the bridge (or the neck) pickup to whatever combination is selected by the 5-way switch. Run a lead from the bridge pu hot to the switch and one from the switch to the vol pot cw terminal (or selector switch common). But there are many duplicated positions with that setup (like #3 and #4 will be identical w/ the p-p switch activated: middle and bridge).

    So the Nashville Tele has a strat pickup in the middle? I believe that Fender makes a few custom Teles that do it right: move the tele neck pickup to the middle position and put a nice sounding strat pickup at the neck!

    When people talk about a great sounding strat pickup they have, how often is it the middle pickup they are referring to? It seems to me that it is the neck pickup on a strat that I would really like to add to a Tele... now that would be one killer guitar!

Steve Ahola

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