I’m making a tele partscaster (nashville configuration) with a Tonerider Vintage Plus bridge pickup, Tonerider City Limits strat middle, and SD.
Wired with 22 AWG vintage push-back wire for that vintage look and sound. Soldered 5-WAY NASHVILLE TELECASTER PREWIRED KIT. EMERSON.
In this latest installment in schematron.org’s “Mongrel Strat” series, Joe Gore demonstrates how an alternate wiring scheme popular with. Having said that, let”s look at the standard Telecaster wiring that is used in almost all The “Strato-tone” Mod (aka “Nashville” Modification).
I’ve been coveting one of those “Nashville-Style” Telecasters — you know, the hot -rodded, three-pickup versions popularized by Nashville session superhero.Let’s talk about the Nashville Style Tele, what it is, how it is wired, and whether or not you can modify your Tele for Nashville Style wiring. A Nashville Style Tele is just a Standard Telecaster with three pickups instead of two, and a five-way selector switch instead of a three-way selector switch. This Mod was created by Tele players.
The Fender version replaces the usual Tele 3-way switch with a 5-way, as shown in this wiring diagram, though many players prefer to keep the 3-way switch and add the middle pickup via a blend knob, as in this other wiring diagram. Phostenix Wiring Diagrams.
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Maybe it would be more accurate to call this the Nashville B Bender Tele, since this is the switching setup that comes on the B Bender version of the Nashville Tele. Here’s a way to get those 3 additions plus 1 more by adding a single toggle switch to.
Instead of a Tele that acts like a Strat, why not a Strat that thinks it’s a Tele? The Fender version replaces the usual Tele 3-way switch with a 5-way, as shown in this wiring diagram, though many players prefer to keep the 3-way switch and add the middle pickup via a blend knob, as in this other wiring .
Mod #2: Nashville Strat What it is: A Stratocaster version of “Nashville wiring,” a trick Telecaster mod popularized by Music City’s session schematron.org Tele players add a third pickup (plus a blend knob), expanding the range of combined-pickup tones. The same wiring performs brilliantly in a Strat—without the cost and hassle of installing a third pickup.Nashville tele w toggle switch?
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