![]() ![]() Take your time wiring this one, and always take your guitar to your local technician if you’re not comfortable wiring your own instrument. The value of the push-pull pot should be 250k. The 5-way switch we show here is Yamaha’s 4-pole 5-way switch. The Exciter bridge humbucker is loaded with a high-output Ceramic magnet and voiced to deliver powerful dimensions, bold harmonics and firepower. You must then run an additional wire from the cover to ground, so that the cover still shields the rhythm pickup. A vintage take on our original hot rodded humbucker, it gives you all of the classic. Make sure that you cut the short bare wire between the cover and the black wire on the rhythm pickup. This gives a nice, chiming, James Burton-esque sound in positions 3 and 4. I just bought an old MIK Telecaster from 1989 which has an 'expander' pickup. We also put in a push-pull pot on the tone control that reverses the phase of the neck pickup. Position 5 gives you the rhythm pickup by itself. Position 4 gives the rhythm and “traditional” lead sound in “series,” a warmer and fuller sound for smooth jazz runs. Position 3 gives you both the rhythm and “traditional” lead sound in “parallel” (the typical Tele wiring). Position 2 will give a traditional Tele lead sound. In position 1, you’ll get a hotter Tele lead sound. Instead it has three switchable contacts, and in the in between positions on the switch connect two of these contacts at the same time. In the final installation of the Seymour Duncan P-Rails wiring guide, we cover some of the most common P-Rails wiring diagrams. Of course, if you have any questions then do ask there’s always someone ready to help. We used a special 4-pole 5-way switch in place of the standard 3-way switch. In Guitar Wiring 104, we saw that the standard Stratocaster 5 way switch is an evolution of the 3 way switch.It doesn’t actually have five separate contacts for the five positions. The four wires from the P-Rails allow you to wire any combination of coils you can think of. For this scheme, we use our “tapped” Hot Lead (STL-2T) and a Vintage Rhythm (STR-1) pickups. This makes them hum-canceling when combined with the bridge pickup. Many Telecaster neck pickupssuch as the Alnico II Pro, Five-Two, La Brea, Antiquity, and Antiquity IIfeature a reverse winding/reverse polarity (RWRP) construction. As always, you can give us a call at (805) 964-9610 or email with any other questions you may have. This wiring was designed for one of our sales reps in the Southeast, Joe Wilson, who wanted to add some extra versatility to his Tele®, while retaining the stock look. The Secret Agent Setup Vintage Voiced Super Tele. But if these types of mods are no problem, you’ll love ’s deep selection of wiring diagrams, tech tips, and tonal know-how. ![]()
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