ToneShaper Guitar Wiring Kit, For Fender Telecaster, SSS2 (Nashville Wiring)

Stick a Strat middle pickup in a Tele and you have a Nashville Tele. This wiring was made popular by Nashville session players in the 1990s. A typical configuration would be to install a Duncan Hot Stack in the middle, and to wire its top coil to a dedicated volume control that was tucked in between the Teless normal controls. Brent Masons Tele has a similar configuration. The idea behind all of this, of course, was to add tonal flexibility by adding some Strat coolness to a Teles coolness. Fender ties the three pickups to a 5-way switch – rather than the standard 3-way – and does not use a third knob. While this reduces the tonal flexibility somewhat, it cleans up the guitar by getting rid of the third knob, which is a tight fit on a Teles control plate. This produces most of the commonly-asked-for tonal options, and is the most popular 3-pickup Tele wiring. Position 5: Neck Pickup Position 4: Neck + Middle Pickups (Parallel) Position 3: Bridge + Neck Pickups (Parallel) Position 2: Bridge + Middle Pickups (Parallel) Position 1: Bridge Pickup (1) Capacitor, .022F Orange Drop (1) Jack, Switchcraft, 1/4” Mono, Long Bushing (2) Pot, CTS 250K Audio, Low Torque (.250” Bushing Length) (1) Screw for Shielding Ground Lug (1) Shielding Ground Lug (1) Switch, Oak-Grigsby, 5-Way, Single Wafer 2-Pole (1) Treble Bleed Kit for Single-Coils (2′) Wire, 22 AWG Cotton Push Back w/ Tinned Overcoat, Black (2′) Wire, 22 AWG Cotton Push Back w/ Tinned Overcoat, White (2′) Wire, 22 AWG Stranded Silver-Plated Copper, Black PTFE (2′) Wire, 22 AWG Stranded Silver-Plated Copper, White PTFE (1) Professional, Fully-Illustrated Wiring Diagram