Telecaster With Phase Reverse

This Telecaster Wiring Diagram feature a Fralin Push Pull Blender Pot to phase reverse a Tele pickup to get out of phase tones, and blend them together with the Blender Pot! This allows you to blend the “out of phase” tone subtly, instead of it being 100% out of phase.

This Telecaster Wiring Diagram features a Fralin Push Pull Blender Pot doing two things –

Blending the pickups
Phase Reverse Switch

In order for the modification to work properly, you must do two things to the Bridge Pickup:

Sever the ground jumper connecting the black wire and the Baseplate
Run a new wire from the Baseplate to Ground (casing of volume pot)

In the down position, you can use the Blender Pot like normal. In the up position, the Bridge pickup’s phase is reversed and the blender pot allows you to dial in the amount of “out of phase” sound.

The Blender Pot is one of our favorite mods to use on the guitar. It’s simple and affordable, but we get a lot of questions how they work and what they do – check out this short video!

Finally! A Telecaster with Blender Pot and Master Tone! This wiring diagram features traditional Telecaster wiring with a Blender Pot and Master Tone! Using our Push-Pull Blender Pot, you can now achieve a standard Traditional Telecaster wiring with a No-Load Tone Pot in the “down” position and a Blender Pot in the “up” position.

Here’s how this Blender Pot Tele wiring diagram works: In the “down” position of the Push-Pull pot, it’s a normal Telecaster with one bonus: a no-load tone pot. However, pulling up on the Push-Pull pot, the Tone Pot becomes a Blender Pot. This Telecaster wiring diagram is one incredibly versatile version.

Checkout this article here for more information:

Nashville Tele…with a 3-Way? Yep! This version of the Nashville Telecaster Wiring Diagram features a 3-Way Switch for normal Telecaster tones, but with a Push-Pull pot that turns the Middle position “on”. You can get position “2” sounds by selecting the Bridge and pulling up on the Push-Pull Pot. You can also get position “4” sounds by doing the same with the Neck pickup.

Selecting the middle position of the Nashville Tele‘s 3-Way Switch will get all three pickups on at the same time. Note: with this wiring diagram, you cannot isolate the middle pickup. This diagram is perfect for players who have a Nashville Tele but only want to use the positions 2 & 4 sparingly.

While the Esquire is certainly a cool (and very versatile) guitar, the original ’50s wiring left a few Esquire players wanting something more out of the 3rd position. The original wiring yielded a very dark tone in position 3. The Eldred modification aimed to solve this by removing the fixed treble roll-off circuit from the original ’50s wiring and replacing it with a low-value capacitor instead. The original Eldred modification uses a 0.0047uf Cap. However, you can easily and quickly experiment with different cap values to achieve the right tone you’re looking for.

Position 1: The Tone Controls are bypassed, and the Bridge pickup is routed only through the Volume Pot
Position 2: The Bridge pickup is routed through the Volume and Tone pot, giving you control over both Tone and Volume.
Position 3: The Tone Pot is again out of the circuit, but the Bridge pickup’s signal now introduces a small value capacitor, which gives you the “cocked wah wah pedal” tone.

More information here: Telecaster Wiring 101

This wiring diagram for Telecaster features 4-Way Switching, but with a Push-Pull pot instead of a 4-way blade switch. The benefit of this modification is that you can achieve the “Series” sound anywhere on the guitar instead of trying to select it on the Blade Switch. You simply pull up on the Push-Pull pot and it engages the “Series” sound.

In order for this mod to work correctly, the Telecaster Neck Pickup should be properly prepped for 4-Way Switching.

More information here: 4-Way Switching With A Push-Pull Pot

The Bright Switch adds a touch of brightness and clarity to your guitar when you pull up. More information on the Bright Switch is here: The Bright Switch

This 4 Way Switching Mod features an Oak Grigsby Switch and has the following switching positions:

Bridge
Bridge + Neck (Parallel)
Bridge + Neck (Series)
Neck

In order for any 4-Way Switching Mod to work, you must convert your Tele Neck Pickup to work with 4 Way Switching.

More Information: 4-Way Switching For Your Tele

Also, achieve this mod with a Push-Pull pot: 4-Way Switching With A Push-Pull Pot

The Telecaster Custom combines the best of both worlds – the Telecaster form and function, and Les Paul-style wiring. This allows you to achieve an incredible array of tones while keeping all electronics optimized for the pickups you select.

Position 1: Bridge
Position 2: Bridge + Neck (Parallel)
Position 3: Neck

What’s great about the Telecaster Custom is that you can select a 250K pot for the Bridge, and a 500K pot for the Wide Range Humbucker Neck.

In version 2 of the Humbucker Tele wiring digram, we’re rewiring the blade switch and using a 500K resistor for a compensated tone. In the first version, using a resistor helps keep things tonally balanced – the Neck pickup “sees” 500K, while the Bridge pickup “sees” 250K. In the middle position, however, both pickups “see” ~163K, which darkens the signal. This isn’t a huge deal as parallel wiring yields a brighter tone.

That said, if you try version 1 and find the middle position too dark for your tastes, try this diagram instead!