Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 Our singer/guitarist wants to swap his current tele electronics, a standard neck pickup and a lil 59 bridge pickup on a 3-way and 250k volume and tone pot for an Esquire wiring diagram. However, of course, it should be modded slightly because the bridge pickup is a humbucker. However, he wants the same effect. 1 - bridge pickup w/ bass capacitor added2 - bridge pickup w/ tone control in line3 - bridge pickup w/ tone control out of circuit He should be using 500k pots. He's not looking to coiltap it or anything like that, he just wants it to function like a good ol' Esquire with the bass setting, but we dunno what capacitors to use. Any ideas? Thanks a lot, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 It will work. I have done it and it sounds cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted January 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thanks. What caps did you use? I wish I had bought that guitar when I had the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members etawful Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 He could get both 2 and 3 by using a no-load pot which would remove itself from the circuit when you turn it to 10 (you feel a small detent at 10 and it's out of the circuit at that point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members megawzrd Posted January 8, 2010 Members Share Posted January 8, 2010 Is this what your looking for? http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/telecaster/0131502A/SD0131502APg2.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted January 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2010 Is this what your looking for?http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/telecaster/0131502A/SD0131502APg2.pdf I have found that diagram, actually. Thank you, though, I appreciate the effort. However, with a humbucker, it would require different tone caps than with singlecoils, which is my main reason for posting this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members megawzrd Posted January 8, 2010 Members Share Posted January 8, 2010 I have found that diagram, actually. Thank you, though, I appreciate the effort. However, with a humbucker, it would require different tone caps than with singlecoils, which is my main reason for posting this thread. I would go the 500k pot just for the volume and keep a 250k on the tone then use the same capacitance value referenced. I don't see a reason to go to 500k tone control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted January 8, 2010 Members Share Posted January 8, 2010 Personally I would wire the humbucker: 1. coils in series 2. coils in parallel 3. tapped/split instead of all that capacitor and bypassed tone pot business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted January 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2010 Personally I would wire the humbucker:1. coils in series 2. coils in parallel 3. tapped/splitinstead of all that capacitor and bypassed tone pot business. Thank you, but as I said, he's not interested in anything like that. He wants an Esquire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted January 8, 2010 Members Share Posted January 8, 2010 Well if he wants an Esquire why is he putting a humbucker in it? To follow this line of thinking through...If you want it to "remain an Esquire"...why further modify the wiring and change the cap values at all? If sound quality over authenthicity is your concern I would say that the wiring I suggested would make better sound than muddy caps especially with humbuckers involved. The arbitrary "rules" people put up always amaze me with these suggestion threads. I'm always fascinated at the logic behingd them. Mike: I have this Porsche and I'd like to use it to haul firewood. Now I want it to remain a Porsche so I don't want to use a trailer or anything like that. What sheet metal should I use to elongate the back to make a cargo area? Ike: Personally I'd just use a trailer hitch and haul the firewood that way. Mike: No thanks. Like I said before. I'd like for it to remain a Porsche...for hauling firewood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr_GoodBomb Posted January 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 8, 2010 Well if he wants an Esquire why is he putting a humbucker in it? If you want it to remain an Esquire...why change the cap values at all? If sound quality is your concern I would say that the wiring I suggested would make better sound than muddy caps especially with humbuckers involvedMike: I have this Porsche and I'd like to use it to haul firewood. Now I want it to remain a Porsche so I don't want to use a trailer or anything like that. What sheet metal should I use to elongate the back to make a cargo area?Ike: Personally I'd just use a trailer hitch and haul the firewood that way.Mike: No thanks. Like I said before. I'd like for it to remain a Porsche. It's what he wants. I don't care why. I'm just doing it for him. He doesn't want split or phased coils because he won't use it. That part he clearly told me, as it was my first suggestion. "No, I want an Esquire." But his guitar has a humbucker. It's not rocket science, it's just changing the values of a couple pots and caps. Where is it anyone else's concern what he wants? I don't even care as much as you seem to and I have to deal with the damn guitar every day. He wants what he wants and I offered to help him get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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