Hi Everyone,
I've been trying to educate myself in different types of wiring for telecasters. Not just how they are wired but why certain things work in different ways.
Does anybody know of a good source of information, a book or something, that can explain guitar electronics to me.
Certain things like why on this '50's style wiring there doesn't seem to be a ground wire between the lugs on the two pots? I can see there is one on the housing and obviously the tone cap is on different lugs.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/198435672@N03/shares/UF5qW35k95Compared to this one where the tone cap is in a different position, with a ground wire between the end lugs of each pot. I can see there is a treble bleed on this one too.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/198435672@N03/shares/9X4j74z8giWhat im trying to find out is why they both work, the mechanics behind it, why the location of the tone cap can be different, why they can be grounded differently. Etc. Etc. I know theres some very knowledgable people on here. I'd like to learn, but youtube and websites have so much mixed information, mostly detailing where these things came from but not why or the mechanics behind it.
Thank you
Comments
The only thing that really matters is whether the tone circuit is connected to the input (pickup switch terminal) of the volume pot, or the output (jack) terminal. The first option is normal Fender wiring, the second is *Gibson* 50s wiring, not Fender.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein