Telecaster Modern Wiring Diagram

I picked up a modern player tele plus from a local music go round.

Telecaster modern wiring diagram. The model list is for the most part of instruments currently in production. Now that we ve analyzed the telecaster dark circuit that fender used from mid 1952 up to late 1967 factory telecaster wirings pt. To understand why tele wiring changed in 1967 it. Assortment of fender telecaster 3 way switch wiring diagram.

Humbucker strat tele bass and more. A wiring diagram is a simplified conventional photographic depiction of an electric circuit. Is modern wiring better. This wiring is referred to as the modern or standard telecaster wiring and is still in use today.

In 1967 in an attempt to cut costs by reducing the number of capacitors used and by simplify the factory wiring process cbs changed the wiring of the telecaster to what is now referred to as the modern wiring style and again though the schematic continued to subtly evolve as is fender s m o. Part diagram 90s telecaster thinline. Modern wiring what gives. If you have a les paul or telecaster deluxe chances are you have run into this thing called 50s wiring.

As can be found in the diagrams below there s almost always a 3 way switch at the beginning and end of the circuit with 1 or more 4 ways between. Complete listing of all original fender telecaster guitar wiring diagrams in pdf format. This wiring is referred to as the modern or standard telecaster wiring and is still in use today. 1 august 2013 it s time to explore the tele wiring that was introduced after 1967.

Most of our older guitar parts lists wiring diagrams and switching control function diagrams predate formatting which would allow us to make them available on this page as pdf files. This is basically how it looks. Wiring plus fender wiring plus telecaster fender diagram player wiring. The 3 way switches must forever at the start and at the close of the circuit.

It shows the elements of the circuit as streamlined shapes and the power and also signal links in between the devices. Original fender telecaster wiring diagrams. If you do not find the list or diagram for your specific instrument on this page we may still be able to furnish you with a hard copy from our archive. Not necessarily gibson 50 s wiring only refers to how the tone cap is wired into the guitar.