Fender Tbx Tone Control Wiring Diagram

Typical fender american standard stratocaster wiring. Whether tbx or normal though in the stock wiring there is a wire from the tone control to the selector switch. Instrument service diagrams include parts layout diagrams wiring diagrams parts lists and switch control function diagrams.

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Fender tbx tone control wiring diagram. The tbx just jacks the highs to squeeky clean tones or more outrageous overdriven tone depending on what settings you have on. The best thing is that it s a passive control that needs no power. In your guitar the tone control is the tbx ganged pot with a few extra components. Click diagram image to open view full size version.

From reading about the tbx tone pot i gathered it was a designed around the active mid boost circuit and the 82k resistor is tone sucking in a passive system hence me not following the fender diagram. Though the 220k passive mod definately sucks tone from the guitar too. Like the g l ptb circuit i m so apeshit about it s a 2 band passive tone control but one that sounds very different. So it will look different.

Guitar wiring diagram with three single coils 5 way lever switch one standard tone for the neck pickup and one fender tbx tone control that controls the middle and bridge pickups. The fender tbx tone control circuit which appears in several custom shop instruments notably the clapton signature strats. Talk to a fender specialist. On this guitar its only the second tone control that has it.

The diagram shows you how to wire the tbx tone control on your strat. The tbx control can be wired as a substitute for any normal tone control for any pickup as well as a master tone control for all pickups. Call 1 844 202 0924 or chat live with us monday friday 8am 11pm est submit a request. I ve added a 1 meg resistor across the tone cap to reduce the popping sound that frequently occurs when going to or from the no load center position.

Click diagram image to open view full size version. It s actuated by moving the control above 5 on a scale of 10. Ready to get started. Strat wiring diagram with three single coils 5 way lever switch 1 volume 1 tbx tone control and the eric clapton mid boost circuit with mid boost control.

What i meant was that in the diagram the tone control is a 250k pot and cap. Here is the fender diagram. There are more mods you can do to the tbx tone control such as using a second capacitor instead of a resistor to rewire the tbx control for more bass cut or wiring the second end of the resistor connected to pot a to the same lug as the capacitor on pot b instead of connecting it to ground for a more even and natural effect in passive guitars. Traditional wiring for the eric clapton signature stratocaster as well as other models that use the fender mid boost circuit.

Wiring diagram for the modified tbx tone control and here s the wiring diagram of how it wires up. Like this one which i ve been meaning to explore for ages. The red wire is the input for the tbx control and the green wire is a short jumper wire connecting pot a to pot b.