Prewired Telecaster Control Plate
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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Prewired Telecaster Control Plate 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.
Sizing
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
Prewired Telecaster Control Plate Questions And Answers:
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Can you make a pre-wired control plate for a 1995 MIJ TL 71 Telecaster?
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Q Can you make a pre-wired control plate for a 1995 MIJ TL 71 Telecaster?A
Hey Randy, yes! As long as your mounting hole spacing is 5.83" and your routed width is over 1", you'll have no issues fitting our Control Plate.
Do you recommend using 500K pots with your split blade tele pickups? Building an Esquire with Eldred wiring control plate.
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Q Do you recommend using 500K pots with your split blade tele pickups? Building an Esquire with Eld...... Read moreA Hey Terry, only if you select either the Blues or Super High Output models. The Vintage and High Output models sound best on 250K pots.
hello my tele is an old one 66 or 67 it had the dark tone in it to start with darren riley put in fralin blues special years ago when the pick up in bridge went bad what would i need to replace the plate with now
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Q hello my tele is an old one 66 or 67 it had the dark tone in it to start with darren riley put in...... Read moreA
Hey Ronald, nothing crazy - keep the electronics simple: 0.02mfd Tone Cap, 250K Pots, Switchcraft Output Jack. Any Push Pull pots will add functionality to your plate - but you might not need them.
What tone cap do you recommend for your Blues Special tele pickups?
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Q What tone cap do you recommend for your Blues Special tele pickups?A
Hey Dan, 0.02mfd is the perfect cap for those pickups!
Hey friends, I purchased from you Prewired Telecaster Control Plate complete setup. Can you tell me what size shaft are on the pots. 1/4 or 6mm Thanks, Frank
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Q Hey friends, I purchased from you Prewired Telecaster Control Plate complete setup. Can you tell ...... Read moreA
Hey Frank, all of our pots are 1/4" shaft. Thanks!
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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.
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If the Telecaster sitteth on top of the mountain…This control plate makes it the supreme being! An absolute work of art. Mine is set up with a push pull 4way on the volume pot and 2 tone caps on the tone pot as well as the treble bleed circuit. This thing provides tonal options for days. When I opened it up I realized that I would not be doing the soldering as the there is a lot more going on with the push pull pots. The soldering is absolutely impressive and the wire routing is perfect. I ended up taking it to my luthier who was also very impressed with the quality and the straight forwardness of the install with the labeled wires. I paired it with a set of Frailin Blues Specials and there’s just no looking back. Surprisingly my amp is more tunable as well. Don’t waste your money with the custom shop. Just upgrade with Frailin products!
Five drops of solder on clearly labeled connections, and works exactly as advertised.
I decided to be a bit lazy this time and just buy a completed control kit. Everything works perfectly. If I had to give a minor complaint, it would be two things. 1. I think the helper wires that are soldered are not needed and can slow things down. They were a bit messy and I needed to clean the contact areas a bit. No big deal. Cool idea though. 2. This might be me being OCD, but the volume and tone knobs have more play than I would like I like to have a little bit of resistance with my knobs, but I know there are two camps when it comes to that opinion. all that said, I am a Fralin user for life.
I bought a control plate for my telecaster and it arrived with all the bells and whistles i asked for. It looks good and will sound even better when the guitar is completed
Hey there. I inquired about a pre wired control for my single/humbucker tele a while back. Whoever got back to (deleted the message unfortunately) was spot on with his recommendations. He hit every point I was looking for out of the park. It’s like I have a new guitar. Never sounded better!!!! Kudos to your team over there. You earned yourself a new customer for sure. Btw the install was a breeze. Even for a knucklehead such as myself. Looking forward to more fralin products in the future.