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Telecaster Control Plate Upgrade
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Validating
Connect your instrument to an amplified source with the volume set to low. Turn the switches on and off as
described in
“Switch Identification and Use Summary”
topic while gently tapping the magnet of the pickup coil
that should be “on” with a small screwdriver to confirm pickup response. Also confirm the correct operation of
the Volume and Tone controls.
Left hand use note:
Our VT-2 Volume-Tone Control assembly is only available as right-hand audio taper item.
If you receive the stated results, install the
Telecaster Control Plate
Upgrade mounting hole screws. Next,
install a new set of strings. Welcome to the
Grand Canyon Wide
range of AweSome pickup tones.
These are products that give your 2-pickup coil, 3-pickup coil and 4-pickup coil instruments a HUGE spectrum
of sounds ranging from Muddy/Dirty Blues
-to-
Classic Jazz
-to-
Ring-in-a-bell Surf
-to-
Intense Country
Twang and will even give you those elusive out-of-phase
Tin-Canny
pickup tones. After this
Pickup Switch
Upgrade
TM
product is installed, you can duplicate the sound of virtually every electric guitar ever made;
including a Stratocaster, Telecaster, Les Paul Custom or Studio, Silvertone, National, Mosrite, Airline,
Danelectro, Supro, Harmony, Kay, Maestro, Valco or any electric guitar that has ever been manufactured! This
product will produce a wide spectrum of unique pickup sounds that you have NEVER even heard before.
Figure 1 – Telecaster Upgrade Mounting Orientation and Switch Identification
The following image identifies the each of the switches for the control plate.
