TELE Wiring dilemma

[imminentG]

I know this may sound a little excessive, but because I am torn between a tele with Barden's and a les paul with Kinman P90s, I got to thinking of 3 pickup teles, on account of Brent Mason, I reckon.

I am but a fledgeling in terms of actual wiring, so I beg the warmoth counsil of elders...

WOULD it be possible to wire a p90 between two barden pickups
1 volume
1 tone
5 way switch



many thanks in advance (yes, I know it'll be ugly)

 

[Mor Paul]

Yes. Look up the wiring for most 3 pickup teles, and it should work.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

My Tele has 3 pickups with 5-way and master volume and master tone.

 

[drewfx]

Well this really belongs in the wiring forum:
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?board=5.0

But you can wire it like a strat, or with whatever pickup combinations you like, depending on what type of 5-way switch you get.

Decide what combinations you really want, and I'm sure one of us will point you in the right direction...

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

But you can wire it like a strat, or with whatever pickup combinations you like, depending on what type of 5-way switch you get.

Almost, but one less tone knob.

 

[tfarny]

I am about one week from starting a tele with P90 neck - strat middle - tele bridge. I think it's going to sound like perfection. Lollar pups all the way, and I'm interested to hear the P90 in parallel with a strat.
Couple decisions to be made - what gets reverse wound to the other two? Which five combos are the most useful (they go on the switch) and are there other peripheral tones you might use (they go on a push pull if you want them)?

One possibility. 1-neck 2-middle 3 - neck and bridge 4- everything 5- bridge. Pull the tone switch and the middle comes on, gives you 8 combos.

 

[imminentG]

Yeah, there's a bunch of different ways I can try and jazz it up but I want to stay basic with the controls in order to achieve those nifty Gatton effects.

neck barden gatton
middle kinman p90
bridge barden gatton
1 volume
1 tone
whatever 5way it takes

I figure if I get a black one (p90) I can match it against the pickguard and you won't necesarilly notice is AS much?  :dontknow:

still not 100% sure what the deal is with Brent's pickups   :laughing7:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Just look for the Nashville Tele wiring diagram.  3 pickups, master volume and tone, 5-way.

It does have a slight mod.  There is no middle pickup by itself.  Instead, the middle position on the switch activates the neck and bridge pickup.  It also looks like a super switch.

http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/Assets/pdf/Acme_Guitar_Works_Diagram_Tele_Nashville.pdf

 

[imminentG]

shucks that just soils the whole thing for me.
I'll more than likely end up just going the normal looking 2 pickup route

thanks again, I appreciate it

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

shucks that just soils the whole thing for me.
I'll more than likely end up just going the normal looking 2 pickup route

thanks again, I appreciate it

That's too easy.  Jazz it up all the way!

 

[jmohil]

I've got a 3 p-90 guitar with a single volume and single tone and a 5-way switch wired like a strat.  For the volume, I used a push-push pot wired up to add the bridge pickup to whatever I have the 5-way set to .  It gives me two new, and very useful sounds when engaged.

5-way positions WITHOUT push-push engaged...same as strat wiring
1-  bridge
2-  bridge/middle
3-  middle
4-  middle/neck
5- neck

WITH push-push engaged - two new sounds in position  4 & 5
1 - bridge
2 - bridge/middle
3 - bridge/middle
4 - bridge/middle/neck (all three!)
5 - bridge/neck (very tele-sounding)

I couldn't find a schematic that had my set-up exactly, but if you used a 3-single coil, 1 volume/1 tone schematic and then used this for the push-push/push-pull switch, it should get you the same result.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=switch_f_bp

 

[drewfx]

Actually one of the many designs in head is a 3-PU tele with a 5-way.

My thinking is to use a 5-way superswitch and a push-pull volume:
Push-pull down = series/parallel "tele" switching on the 5-way to give me these options (not necessarily in this order):
bridge
bridge->neck (series)
bridge + neck (parallel)
neck
undecided

Push-pull up = standard strat switching on the 5-way

This way seems easier on my brain than some others. You don't get the "all 3 PU's" option though, but that's the position I almost never ever use on the strat I built that has that option.

 

[imminentG]

The more I think about it and just how many options I have, the less I imagine the toggle being useful WHILE playing.

I am probably better off just chasing Danny's pickups, cuz if I can't have that sound I don't want to play guitar NO MO

P90s are my dream for a les paul, and it looks like I'll just have to build that one, too

 

[tfarny]

That's why you get the important ones on the regular 5-way so you don't have to think while playing. The weird stuff, for single songs or for recording, goes on the push-pulls and 90% of the time you can forget about them.