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Telecaster Control Plate Upgrade
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Connecting your pickups to the TCP-T3 Telecaster Upgrade
Connect your
NECK
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
Coil-3
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
Connect your
MIDDLE
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
Coil-2
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
Connect your
BRIDGE
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
Coil-1
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
TCP-T3 Telecaster Upgrade Switch Identification and Use Summary
Here is a summary of switch use for this product (see
Figure 1
for switch identification).
Document #B will help you “map” the pickup tones you get from the T3-Switch. It is available for download
from our website’s Document Library at
http://www.AweSome-Guitars.com
SW1, SW2 and SW3 are ON-OFF-ON switches that turn on individual pickups in normal or reverse phase
SW4, SW5 and SW6 are ON-ON switches that change select pickups from
Parallel
to
Series
connectivity
For a Right-Handed Instrument:
SW1 turns on the
bridge
pickup, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
SW2 turns on the
middle
pickup, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
SW3 turns on the
neck
pickup, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
When all of the following switches are down, the pickups will be in a Parallel circuit.
SW4 when switch is
up
it puts the
bridge
and
middle
pickups in
Series
. Both pickups must be on.
1
SW5 when switch is
up
it puts the
bridge
and
neck
pickups in
Series
. Both pickups must be on.
1
SW6 when switch is
up
it puts the
neck
and
middle
pickups in
Series
. Both pickups must be on.
1
SW4+SW6 when these switches are
up
, all three pickups in
Series
. All pickups must be on or no sound will be
produced. SW5 has no effect.
1
The remaining
non-series
pickup may be either off -or- on (either in regular or reverse phase).
For a Left-Handed Instrument:
SW1 turns on the
bridge
pickup, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
SW2 turns on the
middle
pickup, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
SW3 turns on the
neck
pickup, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
When all of the following switches are up, the pickups will be in a Parallel circuit.
SW4 when switch is
down
it puts
bridge
and
middle
pickups in
Series
. Both pickups must be on.
1
SW5 when switch is
down
it puts the puts
bridge
and
neck
pickups in
Series
. Both pickups must be on.
1
SW6 when switch is
down
it puts the puts
neck
and
middle
pickup in
Series
. Both pickups must be on.
1
SW4+SW6 when these switches are
down
, all three pickups in
Series
. All pickups must be on or no sound will
be produced. SW5 has no effect.
1
The remaining
non-series
pickup may be either off -or- on (either in regular or reverse phase).
