First things first: what is the Nashville-Style Tele, how is it wired, and can you modify your Telecaster so it produces that tone? A Nashville-Style Tele is just a Standard Telecaster with three pickups instead of two, and a five-way selector switch instead of a three-way selector switch. This Mod was created by Tele players […]
The Seven-Sound Strat Modification is an easy way for you to give your guitar more tone versatility, and despite its name, you can make this mod on any type of guitar that has three pickups and a five-way switch. The five-way switch already gives Strat players plenty of versatility in tone. Position 1 is the […]
Why a Mini Toggle Switch? A humbucker pickup contains two coils, and with a simple modification, we can use a switch to “shut off” one of the coils, causing the pickup to sound and act like a single coil. The choice to use a mini-toggle switch is purely aesthetic; you can use absolutely any kind […]
This article will cover how to wire a humbucker pickup so that it can be split into a single coil, using a push-pull pot. For the split you need a four-wire humbucker; you cannot split a two-wire without first modifying the pickup itself. Each coil has a Hot and a Ground, and a determination must […]
In this article, we’ll start with the basics of guitar pickup wiring by examining what it means when guitar pickups are wired in-phase, out-of-phase, series, or parallel. The first thing we’ll need to do is understand a little about how pickups are made and how they work.
The treble bleed circuit wiring is one of the easiest mods that you can perform on your guitar. It’s one that might require extensive experimenting, however, before you’re able to get it perfect. The treble bleed is meant to preserve treble loss as you turn down the volume control on your guitar. It does this […]
A reader asked about turning off one coil of the bridge humbucker in his Telecaster via the three-way switch. What he proposed is: 1. Neck pickup 2. Neck + one humbucker coil 3. Both humbucker coils READER QUESTION: If I have a humbucker in the bridge position of my Telecaster, can one of the coils […]
Let’s take a look at how to wire a Les Paul three-way switch. While we’re at it, we’ll take a look at the rest of the circuit as well — the two humbuckers, the three-way switch, two Volume controls, two Tone controls, two capacitors, and the output jack.
Let’s talk about setting up 5-way switch wiring in a Fender Stratocaster. Even though this guide is specific to the Fender Stratocaster, the switch and wiring will work the same way in any guitar with one Volume and two Tone controls. If you’re changing your Strat switch, it might also be a great time to […]
Wiring Up a Telecaster Three-Way Switch This article will apply to any similar three-way “Lever” switches that are used in many different Strat-style guitars. This is distinct from Les Paul-style guitars that use a three-way “Toggle” switch — that discussion will be in a different article. For this guide, we’ll use all of the standard […]
Curious about how to wire your own Tone control? For many people, the Tone control itself is just a potentiometer (Volume knob) with a capacitor attached to it. When the Tone control is turned all the way up, the Tone is at its brightest, and as the knob is turned down (off), the Tone darkens […]