Fender Telecaster Wiring Diagram 3 Way

Original fender telecaster wiring diagrams.

Fender telecaster wiring diagram 3 way.
These include a volume pot tone pot two single coil pickups pup and a three way jack.
Optional humbucker diagram for guitars with humbuckers that have a coil tap or series link this wiring makes the middle position a combination of neck and bridge single coil outputs in.
This is the typical 3 way tele wiring but with separate neck bridge volume controls and a master tone control.

Now that weve made friends with the teles 3 way switch inside the 3 way telecaster pickup switch october 2013 its time to learn how to install it correctly and find out what those lugs really do.
Its just a re creation of the fender diagram but in color to make it a little easier to clearly see all of the wires and connections.
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Complete listing of all original fender telecaster guitar wiring diagrams in pdf format.
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This video talks through how a three way switch works and then telecaster style wiring diagrams.

By far the easiest way to a trouble free installation is to carefully note down the solder points of your previous pickup before removal.
Since the title of this article refers to telecaster three way switch wiring i am going to use all of the standard fender telecaster values in the diagram.
1 august 2013 its time to explore the tele wiring that was introduced after 1967this wiring is referred to as the modern or standard telecaster wiring and is still in use today.

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The standard practice is to mount an open 3 way tele switch so its spring faces the edge of the body.
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Now that weve analyzed the telecaster dark circuit that fender used from mid 1952 up to late 1967 factory telecaster wirings pt.
3 way lever switch with 2 humbuckers diagram this wiring diagram is suitable for any two pickup guitar with humbuckers single coils or a combination of both.