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1) SSS or HSS pickups?
2) Are you sure about the TBX? That series usually had the much-hyped Greasebucket tone circuit and a push-pull pot to engage the second set of five sounds.
The official parts list and schematic diagram are available from www.fmicassets.com
I've never worked on one of the original 80's performers, but I would guess that the TBX circuit is configured exactly the same as it was on similar era Japanese Contemporary Series instruments and 1986 onwards Am Std instruments. Although originally developed to go with the MDX circuitry in the active Elites, Fender never changed/optimised the component values when they applied the circuit to passive models.
I'll have a look for a diagram, but it must be all over the Web given how many Am Std Strats and Tele's it was in.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
From this, it sounds like a standard Tele-type circuit but with a mini-switch to split the pickups...
https://blog.live4guitar.com/article/diary-of-a-repair-man-fender-performer
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Further investigation shows that at least some Japanese instruments implemented the TBX circuit slightly differently to US instruments, notably the Japanese ones have an additional 4.7M resistor in parallel with the 22nF cap.
Japanese:
https://support.fender.com/en-us/knowledgebase/article/KA-01542
US Strat Plus:
https://support.fender.com/en-us/knowledgebase/article/KA-01641
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
These were MIJ 1984/5 slightly pointy 24 fret super Strats, that were designed in Fullerton, built in Japan with Fender/Schaller hardware (same as the Contempoary MIJ Teles and Strats), passive TBX dual-gang tone pot/circuit, micro switch coil tap and 2 parallelogram shaped white plastic and resin encased humbuckers.
A bit of background, I have a Sunburst one I bought new from Roka's, Denmark Street, but a guitar tech friend and I replaced the bridge pickup with an OBL and an active Koch preamp, also replaced the Scaller locking bridge for an Ibanez FR style pro one. I'm refettling this as a project, much more competently this time as it's a great player and it deserves it. More to come on this in future.
Roll forward to a few years ago when I found a beaten up sparkly white one (on here I think) for a reasonable price. That's this one. It had clearly been "in the wars" and the electrics had also been hacked about but the previous owner had made attempts to return it to stock, not entirely successfully.
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I'm particularly interested in wiring diagram or schematic for the original Performer custom designed pick ups as my dull brain can't fathom how to hook them up correctly?
Some background from wiki FYI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Performer
http://www.theboxwoodchessmen.com/
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Fender in-house humbuckers usually have the same black, white, red, green and bare wires as other American pickup makers but not necessarily in the same order.
If any of your conductor insulation is brown or yellow, the pickup may conform to Schaller convention.
Useful information. I shall have to try that. Thank you.
that sounds like it might be my old white one - I thought I’d got it right but the possibility remains otherwise!
"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
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