5-Way Telecaster Wiring Diagram
If you’ve ever wondered, you can actually get 5 incredible tones on a standard 2 single coil Telecaster. You just need an Oak Grigsby type blade super switch (a good quality one from AliExpress will only set you back ~AUD$10). What do you get? The following positions: Bridge Neck and Bridge in series but out of phase or “OOP” (a gloriously scooped, clear, and chimey tone that is easily my favourite of any guitar pickup - where the series restores volume lost through the OOP) Neck and Bridge in parallel (the classic middle position) Neck and Bridge in series (like the middle position on steroids: thicker, louder punchier) Neck That’s 5 extremely usable positions! I will post up audio samples soon. Let’s just say I haven’t been able to put the guitar (nicknamed the “Domicaster” after my mate Dominic who built and wired it) down since it was completed a month ago. What I especially love about the 5 positions is that they genuinely feel like a natural gradient: position 5 is the...