Excited about my 1st build!

[pirate]

So far I have received my Wilkinson compensated dual load bridge/saddles, my input electrosocket jack and prewired switch/control plate from 920D, now waiting for the satin/clear swamp ash body and roasted maple neck and tuners to arrive from Warmoth.
I think I’m going to go with fender vintage ‘64 PU’s

Also grabbed a new soldering iron from Weller, a WLC100, and I need to start practicing some soldering since I’ve never done it before

I see a variety of wiring diagrams for three way switches and telecasters with little variances (for differences that are beyond me) is there one I should be following for a basic build?

I know this is business as usual for all of you with a number of builds under your belt but for me it’s getting pretty exciting! And terrifying

 

[stratamania]

If you have a prewired switch coming it will already be wired. It will probably have instructions of where to join the pickup wires to it.

If you just want a straightforward Tele wiring diagram here is a link.

https://www.seymourduncan.com/wiring-diagrams?meta_params=guitar-options,2-pickups,neck-s,bridge-s,1-volume,1-tone,3-way-blade

 

[pirate]

Thanks for the link!
nothing came with the pre-wired control/switch plate from 920D

 

[stratamania]

No problem. I thought they might have provided instructions.

 

[pirate]

Looks like I should have just a few wires to solder so I’m going to practice soldering some wires together just to get a feel for how much solder is applied each time to it so I don’t end up with big blobs of it all over the place LOL

 

[stratamania]

Good idea...

 

[rgand]

Well, I'm looking forward to this build, too. There is only one first time. It should be a lot of fun for you. Congrats. Please post lots of pictures as you go along, starting with when the body and neck arrive. We're photo junkies here.  :icon_thumright:

It helps to tin the wires before soldering them together. Get a small blob of melted solder on the tip of your iron and put it on the wire that way first. I like to dip the tip of the wire in flux first so the solder sticks easily without excessive heat.

 

[pirate]

Tons of solder choices online at Amazon! any recommendations as to which solder to purchase?

 

[stratamania]

Tons of solder choices online at Amazon! any recommendations as to which solder to purchase?

See the advice on solder in your other thread.

 

[Rick]

Last year I bought a tele wiring harness from 920d.  It has 25 selections to get 9 different sounds. Having it prewired was a tremendous time saver, but it did come with a wiring diagram to solder the pups and the grounding wire. Might be worth contacting 920d to ask for a schematic.

I'm really pleased with it.

 

[stratamania]

Link to 920Ds diagram.

https://920dcustom.com/pages/diagrams-telecaster-3-way

Seems the same as the Seymour Duncan one at a quick glance.