Telecaster 5 Way Super Switch Wiring Diagram

This switch has 24 terminals and allows for some pretty creative switching possibilities.

Telecaster 5 way super switch wiring diagram. It would be hard to do but someone may have posted it. Check out the following diagram of standard stratocaster wiring. Tele with 4 way switch. Bill lawrence chose a standard 0 022 µf value but feel free to experiment with other values to find your personal favorite the cap connected to the 5 way switch is the phase shifting cap mentioned.

I made sure the large switch fit in the cavity of my guitar or else i d have routing to do as well. The capacitor connected to the tone pot is your typical tone cap. The only special part you need is a 4 way switch. I m explaining how a fender 5 way switch works and making my own wiring diagram in this video.

This works fine if all you want to do is wire a strat completely as standard. One 5 way switch can have 5 different combinations. Bill lawrence 5 way telecaster circuit wiring six string ay 0991 tele switch diagram in my half out of phase on super schematic rothstein guitars serious tone for 3 import factory wirings pt 1. These schemes can make a great starting point for your own custom variations.

The superswitch is actually 4 5 way switches combined into one. This plan calls for a 4 pole super switch one mother of a switch to replace the boring ol 5 way in your guitar. Tele 5 way 1 single coil humbucker at neck. So each stage of the switch has three inputs lugs 1 2 3 and one output lug a.

We sell tapped tele pickups individually and as part of the custom shop 53 tapped tele model t guitar shop set which includes a 5 way switch. The wiring works best with two single coil pickups like standard tele ones. Instead it has three switchable contacts and in the in between positions on the switch connect two of these contacts at the same time. The standard 5 way switch offers lots of options.

Adding second one you have 5 combinations and every one of them can be altered in 5 ways. From there the signal goes to the tone pots and then on to the output jack. To get a sense of how complex wiring schemes can get with a super switch go to the fender website and look at the various fat strat wiring exploring fender s 5 way super switch by dirk wacker diagrams. In guitar wiring 104 we saw that the standard stratocaster 5 way switch is an evolution of the 3 way switch.