Mnemoflame
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I apologize for the repost. Having rewired a Telecaster twice (using the diagram below) since I was here last, I've gained frustration, education, and some different questions.
I did two things I did differently from the pictured Tele Wiring Diagram
Parts List
The end result is that the scheme seems to work but the middle position on the three-way switch (neck + bridge) is off unless the tone pot is pulled for splitting, when split the neck and bridge individually are louder than when combined, and there is a buzz/hum when I'm not touching a metal part of the guitar (touching the pot shaft works, as does touching the strings). Any ideas, based on the diagram, how to fix these problems? At this point, I will probably have to do some splicing of pickup wires because of how badly I screwed them up that isn't too big of a deal.
The experience raises concerns for me on the upcoming Strat (Strat Wiring Diagram)
Strat Parts List (resistor and extra cap for the above-linked safety circuit)
I did two things I did differently from the pictured Tele Wiring Diagram
- Ran the cap from the indicated lug on the tone pot, through the ground lug of the volume pot, to a soldering lug on the bushing of the volume pot
- Spliced some groups of grounds together (bare from pickups, bridge + shield paint)
- Ran all grounds to the volume pot bushing lug then one from that to the tone pot's bushing lug, and from there to the ground ring of the jack
Parts List
- Bourns 1M volume pot (audio taper)
- Bourns 250 push-pull tone pot (audio taper)
- Orange Drop .022uf 600v capacitor
- Tritan 3-way switch
- DiMarzio Tone Zone T bridge pickup (rail type humbucker)
- DiMarzio Chopper neck pickup (rail type humbucker)
The end result is that the scheme seems to work but the middle position on the three-way switch (neck + bridge) is off unless the tone pot is pulled for splitting, when split the neck and bridge individually are louder than when combined, and there is a buzz/hum when I'm not touching a metal part of the guitar (touching the pot shaft works, as does touching the strings). Any ideas, based on the diagram, how to fix these problems? At this point, I will probably have to do some splicing of pickup wires because of how badly I screwed them up that isn't too big of a deal.
The experience raises concerns for me on the upcoming Strat (Strat Wiring Diagram)
- Is running the cap from tone pot lug to volume pot ground lug to ground lug on volume pot bushing a bad idea?
- Would it be prudent to trim the copper shielding tape away from the tone pot bushing so that only one soldering lug contacts/grounds it?
- On the mini-switches, do I actually need to add the diagonal wire on the lugs or is that connection already part of the switch?
- Is there any good reason that the bare wire from each pickup has to go to a pot ground instead of just being soldering with the red or white wire to the mini-switches?
- Any reason not to use solid core wire? (I've seen Cagey use solid wire, so this might be a dumb question)
- If I wanted to add this to the guitar, could I just insert it between the tone pot bushing lug and the jack?
Strat Parts List (resistor and extra cap for the above-linked safety circuit)
- Bourns 1M volume pot (audio taper)
- Bourns 250k Push-Pull tone pot (audio taper)
- Orange Drop .022uf capacitors
- 220k Resistor
- Solder Lug Washers
- Chome On-On-On Mini Switch
- 5-Way Switch
- Electrosocket