Prewired Telecaster Control Plate
$120 – $135
Customize and upgrade your Telecaster, instantly with the Lindy Fralin Telecaster Control Plate. With over 150 combinations available, you can select your options, and we’ll wire it up just how you like it. Installation involves soldering a few wires into place. As always, we only use the finest-quality USA-Made parts we can find.
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Features
Our Pre-Wired Telecaster Control Plate is designed by you and built by us. Chrome and Aged Nickel Prewired Control Plates come loaded with the highest quality materials available – from CRL® Switches to CTS® Pots. Of course, all our parts are made in the USA and are assembled and wired by hand in Richmond, VA.
Look & Feel
We offer Chrome Telecaster Control Plates and Aged Nickel Telecaster Control Plates. Aged Nickel Telecaster Control Plates all have a unique patina to them to make them look slightly reliced and older. Due to the aging process, each Aged Nickel Telecaster Control Plate is unique, and no two are alike.
Orientation:
We can wire up your Tele Control Plate a couple of different ways: Normal Orientation and Flipped Orientation.
- Normal Orientation: With a Normal Orientation Telecaster Control Plate, your switch is closest to the headstock.
- Flipped Orientation: With a Flipped Orientation, the Control Plate orients with the Switch closest to the Output Jack, and the Volume Pot closest to the headstock. This is great for those who love to utilize volume swells.
Wiring
We can wire up your switch a couple of different ways – here are your options:
- 3-Way CRL: This will give you normal Telecaster functionality – Bridge Only / Bridge – Neck / Neck Only.
- 5-Way CRL: This is perfect for Nashville Telecasters, with three pickups.
Pot value:
Choose 250K Pots if you have single-coil Telecaster pickups or pickups that are brighter. 250K pots will make darker sounding pickups too dark and muddy.
Choose 500K Pots if you have Humbuckers, P-90’s, or other dark-sounding pickups. 500K pots will make single-coil Telecaster pickups sound too shrill.
Tone Cap Value:
Read up on our Tone Caps here.
- .02 mfd sounds excellent on most Fender guitars and will give you a medium roll-off in tone.
- .05 mfd will offer a much deeper and darker roll-off than .02.
- Magic Cap: This is a low capacitance cap (.0015 mfd) and only works on the Bridge Pickup only. The effect is extremely subtle – not like a regular cap. It tends to make treble strings sound slightly fatter.
FAQs
- Can you wire it up without the Chrome Plate? As it turns out, No. If this matters to you, you can pull out all the wiring once you receive it to put it in your Control Plate. It’s just too time-consuming and unsafe to ship without a solid control plate holding everything together.
- Can I return my Control Plate? No. Since these are so custom and made to order, all Telecaster Control Plate sales are final, and not available for exchange or return.
- What if I don’t see what I want? Please use the “Notes” field on the checkout screen to type in any special requests. Use this field to describe how you want it wired as well if you wish to have anything customized. We’ll make it to your specs.
Installation
Installation is easy, and only takes a few steps. Check out our in-depth Telecaster Control Plate Installation Guide Below:
Telecaster Control Plate Installation Guide
Push-Pull Pot Mods
There are a few Push-Pull pot mods available with our Telecaster Control Plate. Here's what they do:
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Bright Switch
Add a touch of brightness to your Tele
Down
In the Down Position, your tone is unchanged, and your volume and tone pots work normally. Up
In the Up Position, your pickups connect direct to the output jack, bypassing your volume and tone pots, giving you a brighter tone. Note: -
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Push Pull Volume Kit
Add and remove the Volume Kit when you want
Down
In the Down Position, the Volume Kit is out of the circuit. Up
In the Up Position, the Volume Kit is in the circuit, and rolling down your volume gives you a brighter tone. Note: -
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Series Parallel Mod
Add 4-Way Switching to your Tele with a 3-Way switch
Down
Your Tele's wiring is a normal 3-way telecaster wiring Up
The "Series" sound is on (think of it as the 4th position on your switch). Both pickups are in Series, giving you a bigger, more humbucker-like tone. Note: -
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Two Tone Cap Mod
Have two tone cap values on one pot
Down
Engage tone cap #1. Up
Engage tone cap #2. -
5
Blender Pot Mod
A Fralin Pickups exclusive
Down
In the Down Position, your tone pot is a normal tone pot. Up
In the Up Position, your tone pot transforms to a Blender Pot. Your tone pot will not work normally until pushed down.
Prewired Telecaster Control Plate Dimensions:
Customer Reviews
159 Genuine Reviews for Prewired Telecaster Control Plate
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I got a really nice ‘99 CIJ Fender paisley pink tele that the previous owner had replaced the pickups in. I put in a set of Fralins (of course) and was surprised to see the stock Fender pots and switch were fairly cheap. I figured I’d upgrade those while I was in there and the pre wired control plate is perfect. It’s pre tinned and has the neat labeled leads so it’s clear where to solder to. Definitely worth the money since every part from the wires to the pots to the plate and knobs is top quality.
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Very good service and control panel is quality build with excellent install instructions. Like all Frailin products they deliver what they promised.
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I’m a newbie at working on guitars. I also haven’t soldered in 30+ years.
I had a T style guitar that I didn’t like the sound of but loved the look and decided to put in a Lindy Fralin control panel with 2 mods and another brand’s pickups.
It came out great!
Lindy Fralin support was quick and helpfully answered all my questions in a way that I understood. Having the “lead” wires all soldered and labeled on the control panel made installation very simple.
I would happily buy from them anytime. -
It’s the second time I’ve ordered parts from Fralin landing in Australia in quick time and exactly what I was hoping for.
Great efficient service.
Cheers Andy. -
I prewired control plate from Fralin worked perfectly in my tele. I appreciated being advised to check the depth of the control plate cavity to make sure it would accommodate the size of the switch on the opposite end. Luckily, my tele body had been routed out on both ends of the cavity, so the size of the switch wasn’t an issue. I also appreciated that the control plate was shipped with identifying tags on the leads. This helped me ensure that I connected everything properly. All in all, I really like the reverse control plate mod. It feels natural to me to have the switch on the right side of the plate. Thanks for being a conscientious creator and supplier of quality guitar parts!
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I just wanted to say that I received the pre-wired control plate that I ordered and WOW. I love it. It was worth the wait. I build 3d printed guitars which I use in my band and I’m always doing something, so will be using your products from now on.
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The control plate I purchased was for a Nashville Tele with a 5-way switch. Very easy to install, all leads marked and ready to solder. I had them add a volume kit as well. Highly recommended!
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This control plate is amazing! It’s really transformed my Telecaster and worth every penny.
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When I discovered that Fralin Pickups had the pickups that would power my project Telecaster and also offered the Fralin Customizable Prewired Control Plate, the worries of completing my guitar successfully disappeared. I am now the proud owner of a very nice homemade Tele. The great products and willing expert advice received from Fralin made my project a happy experience.
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When I discovered that Fralin Pickups had the pickups that would power my project Telecaster and also offered the Fralin Customizable Prewired Control Plate, the worries of completing my guitar successfully disappeared. I am now the proud owner of a very nice homemade Tele. The great products and willing expert advice received from Fralin made my project a happy experience. I love my Fralins and highly recommend them to everyone.
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First time Fralin purchase. As an international customer, by the time exchange rate and shipping costs are factored in, this becomes a reasonably expensive upgrade. Happy to report it’s well worth it. The build quality and hardware is excellent. Installation is very simple. Delivery time was exactly as promised. I was actually surprised by how much better the pickups sounded after this went in. My tele is an old MIM Baja and this upgrade has really taken it up a notch – sounds bigger and fuller, with more presence and more articulation.
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What a great prewired control plate. Very easy to install. Works flawlessly! GREAT JOB FRALIN!
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Lindy Fralin Prewired Telecaster Control Plate is Excellent and easy to work with and great tones. The Team at Fralin pickups was great to work with.
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Hey Lindy,
When I was younger I could never afford to buy “sound”, and it’s been a dream to chase the sound all my life. Your pickups in my “real” American made Tele playing through a Mesa Boogie 25-5 have been a part of making my retired years enjoyment. The sounds is juicy like a steak, creamy as a malted milk shake and nasty as liver and onions. The make , description, customer service are all 5+ … Thank you so much ! -
I am a pretty simple player but could not resist getting a treble bleed with the push/pull in the volume and the bright switch in the tone (To remove volume and tone) and WOWZA am I glad I did it! Beautifully wired, top quality from top to bottom and paired with my new Vintage Hot Tele pickups….. My old #1 Telecaster is once again my new #1 and I have never loved it more! Thank you so much!
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I just received the reverse wired tele control plate. It only took about 35 minutes to install. (The plug in jack took the longest amount of time.) I just got done restringing it and putting it through the paces and I have to admit that I was very pleased with the way everything turned out. My hats off to Lindy and his team! Thanks!
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My custom Tele control plate sounds great! The great people at the shop called me to clarify if I wanted 250 or 500k pots for the bridge pickup. I learned that 500k might sound better with humbuckers. They took the time to make sure my order was right!
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A+ customer service!
I was excited to install the prewired tele control plate I ordered into my kit build. The plate control plate was well built and looked just right for the relic finish on my kit.
I had a minor challenge when installing it in my guitar and called the company to see if they could point me to a video or reference to trouble shoot the issue. Derek was very helpful and asked for pictures to see if he could help me while we were already on the phone to figure out what I did wrong.
Derek said everything looked correct and enlisted more help from someone else to see if they had any ideas. To my surprise Lindy Fralin himself joined the call and instantly spotted the problem by looking at the pictures I sent. My guitar was finished & back together with my new control plate within a minute.
The huge improvement in tone was instantly noticeable!
Thank you to Derek & Lindy for fantastic customer support and a killer product!
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I haven’t installed the control panel yet, however, the build quality looks great. I will post an update once this project is complete.
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NOTES ON FINISH:
- Aged Control Plates are aged by hand and feature slight defects and a raw look. We cannot guarantee that the plate you receive will look like our photos - they are all unique.
- We cannot guarantee finish matching of the plate and knobs perfectly. Because of this, we cannot provide a return to you if you are unhappy with the finish matching of our Prewired Telecaster Control Plate.
HARNESSES:
- Our parts and wire lengths are designed to work seamlessly with our Prewired Telecaster Control Plate. Due to various guitar and instrument designs, we cannot guarantee that our parts will fit properly, and due to this, we do not offer Wiring Harnesses.
