Tele tone pot wiring

[derek_32999]

Is there a way via a 7 way switch or 5 way to make it so the tone knob does the wah swell trick with the bridge pickup, but is more controllabe in the neck pickup (so I can roll off the tone control for a jazzier sound)

[hoerni]

Where do you get a 7way switch? I've never seen one.

You could do it, but I would think you'd need a dual ganged pot so you could run an active wah circuit with the bridge and a standard tone pot with the neck.

[derek_32999]

Originally posted by hoerni
Where do you get a 7way switch? I've never seen one.

You could do it, but I would think you'd need a dual ganged pot so you could run an active wah circuit with the bridge and a standard tone pot with the neck.

Oops there isn't one. I backtracked to where I thought I saw that mentioned and realized they were talking about using a 5 way switch and push pull pots to utilize 7 different sounds.

the wah swell I am talking about is not an active circuit. It is just the old .05 cap to ground trick like danny gatton and roy buchanan used and you use the tone knob to swell into a wah type sound. Maybe its just the way MY tele is set up, but when I have it so it can do the wah in the bridge, it sounds like mud with the neck turned down. Maybe I could wire in another pot to be used for the neck (kinda like a strat) so that the bridge can do its thing and the neck can do its thing.

[hoerni]

Originally posted by derek_32999


Oops there isn't one. I backtracked to where I thought I saw that mentioned and realized they were talking about using a 5 way switch and push pull pots to utilize 7 different sounds.

the wah swell I am talking about is not an active circuit. It is just the old .05 cap to ground trick like danny gatton and roy buchanan used and you use the tone knob to swell into a wah type sound. Maybe its just the way MY tele is set up, but when I have it so it can do the wah in the bridge, it sounds like mud with the neck turned down. Maybe I could wire in another pot to be used for the neck (kinda like a strat) so that the bridge can do its thing and the neck can do its thing.

You could do that with a stacked pot (to keep it looking somewhat vintage) or probably still a ganged pot with different tone circuits for each pickup.

[derek_32999]

Cool, so when I want to use the bridge pickup and "bridge" tone pot wiring I would switch to bridge and pull the pot out. Then when I wanted to play on the neck "setup" I would push the pot back in and switch to the neck pickup right?? Cool. Thanks!

[derek_32999]

HMMMM What about these so I dont have to be pulling and switching so much. http://www.stewmac.com/catalog/images_1sm/3479_1sm.jpg



The only problem is stew mac and everywhere else I usually check are out of stock. :cry:






EDIT:
Is the above a ganged pot? Also, I found some at small bear, but dont I want a linear taper for the neck (more control) and an audio taper for the bridge (for the instant jump from bass to treble for the wah like swell).

[derek_32999]

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