Telecaster 5 Way Super Switch Wiring Diagram

Tele 5 way 1 single coil humbucker at neck.

Telecaster 5 way super switch wiring diagram. To get a sense of how complex wiring schemes can get with a super switch go to the fender website and look at the various fat strat wiring exploring fender s 5 way super switch by dirk wacker diagrams. It would be a really long post even without the tech talk just diagrams. It doesn t actually have five separate contacts for the five positions. From there the signal goes to the tone pots and then on to the output jack.

This is another cool wiring scheme that gives you all the traditional sounds plus something extra. The wiring works best with two single coil pickups like standard tele ones. So each stage of the switch has three inputs lugs 1 2 3 and one output lug a. Bill lawrence chose a standard 0 022 µf value but feel free to experiment with other values to find your personal favorite the cap connected to the 5 way switch is the phase shifting cap mentioned.

Instead it has three switchable contacts and in the in between positions on the switch connect two of these contacts at the same time. Bill lawrence 5 way telecaster circuit wiring six string ay 0991 tele switch diagram in my half out of phase on super schematic rothstein guitars serious tone for 3 import factory wirings pt 1. This works fine if all you want to do is wire a strat completely as standard. Adding second one you have 5 combinations and every one of them can be altered in 5 ways.

This plan calls for a 4 pole super switch one mother of a switch to replace the boring ol 5 way in your guitar. These schemes can make a great starting point for your own custom variations. This switch has 24 terminals and allows for some pretty creative switching possibilities. The only special part you need is a 4 way switch.

We sell tapped tele pickups individually and as part of the custom shop 53 tapped tele model t guitar shop set which includes a 5 way switch. Tele with 4 way switch. I made sure the large switch fit in the cavity of my guitar or else i d have routing to do as well. The standard 5 way switch offers lots of options.

The capacitor connected to the tone pot is your typical tone cap. Check out the following diagram of standard stratocaster wiring. I m explaining how a fender 5 way switch works and making my own wiring diagram in this video. In guitar wiring 104 we saw that the standard stratocaster 5 way switch is an evolution of the 3 way switch.