Hi all,
Appreciate if anyone can help with an issue I have with a new Tele. Basically position 2/3 sound exactly the same when I switch between them. I popped the cover off and can’t find any wiring diagram that looks like what’s on this thing..
When I took a look I could see that the cap connected to the switch looked disconnected at one end (yellow sleeve) so I soldered this into the switch lug that appeared to be the one it had disconnected from - still no difference.
I’m handy with a soldering iron but sadly have no idea how this is supposed to be hooked up.
https://i.imgur.com/6ps89sV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9xuaAHE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ZquDLtu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/BSA4Fva.jpg Si
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As @ICBM stated it is vintage wiring.. I connected the cap to the wrong place and can now see the original solder on the pot where it would have been.
I'll want to change it to modern wiring but have one question based on a schematic I've just looked at - the vintage appears to have a 250k vol pot specified and modern 1meg?
Thanks,
Si
While you're at it, move the jack ground wire from the tone to the volume pot and twist it tightly with the hot wire - this reduces noise.
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Si
For modern wiring should the cap be soldered to the back of the tone pot and the middle tone pot lug?
Take a look at this for modern layout;
Also note @ICBM comment about twisting the hot/ground on the output jack..
Regards,
Si
... and this is how to do it.
That's a Fender CS Tele before and after rewiring to reduce noise, by the way - which it did, drastically, even though it actually already had the jack grounded to the volume pot (correct) instead of the tone pot (traditional Fender wiring, but wrong).
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein