parallel vs series

[pirate]

Can someone explain what is happening with bridge/neck in series vs parallel and how both are generally used? The differences in tone? Any other differences? Fairly new to tele's, though I am loving my tele build.
Also, is the standard tele wiring scheme have the bridge/neck together in parallel or series?
Educate me please!
In mine, I got this assembly from 920D, and now wondering if parallel or series?
https://920dcustom.com/products/fender-telecaster-loaded-3-way-control-plate-cts-pots-crl-switch-tele

Big part of all this is I'm thinking of a tele/lp hybrid build, HH with LP volumes/tones/3 way switch and comparing that to a HH setup with 4 way tele switch that would allow parallel/series switching when using both bridge and neck PU's. So not sure yet which way I want to go with it.

 

[rgand]

Parallel gives you both pickups working together. Series gives you both pickups acting as one big one. It's a little more swampy sounding and a bit more powerful. Here's how I wired my Strat with a push/push switch but it could be a toggle or slide, instead. In series, the pickup switch is bypassed but when you switch back to parallel, it gives you what you had before you chose series.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Here is a set of clean and dirty audio samples that I recorded from a 4-Way Tele, should give you an idea of the differences. In most standard wirings, the pickup combinations are in parallel. The two coils of a humbucker however are (in the standard configuration) wired together in series.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/vb-tunes/sets/telecaster-4-way-parallelseries-switching[/soundcloud]

 

[Rick]

Think of it like this, para is two speakers side by side.  Series is one speaker blasting into the next.  I love having the series option.

 

[mistermikev]

as a young lad I couldn't really hear the big difference between the two.  as I got older that difference became everything to me. 
I do a lot of my wireups leveraging the difference... using dummy coils or split crossing patterns... so in general and to my ears: parallel is softer -lower output.  it's less aggressive.  it is much brighter and clear.  "stratty"
series is more aggressive.  you loose some top end.  it's sounds hotter.  more 'les paulish'

I like parallel for bluesy/clean.  I like series for hot/rock/metal. 

hope that helps.

 

[AirCap]

Think of it like this, para is two speakers side by side.  Series is one speaker blasting into the next.  I love having the series option.

Same here. Slight boost in bass and volume, has a thick, chewy tone. Great for power trio chording or bluesy solos.