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Telecaster Control Plate Upgrade
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Connecting your pickups to the TCP-T4 Telecaster Upgrade
If you are using two 4-wire humbucker pickups:
Connect your
NECK1
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
NECK1
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
Connect your
NECK2
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
NECK2
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
Connect your
BRIDGE1
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
BRDG1
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
Connect your
BRIDGE2
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
BRDG2
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
If you are using two single-coil pickups and one 4-wire humbucker pickup:
Connect your
NECK
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
NECK1
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
Connect your
MIDDLE
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
NECK2
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
Connect your
BRIDGE1
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
BRDG1
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
1
Connect your
BRIDGE2
pickup coil wire pair to the
[+]
BRDG2
[-]
connections on the green terminal strip
1
1
Assumes that the bridge pickup position contains a 4-wire humbucker pickup
TCP-T4 Telecaster Upgrade Switch Identification and Use Summary
Here is a summary of switch use for this product (see
Figure 1
for switch identification).
Document #C will help you “map” the pickup tones you get from the T4-Switch. It is available for download
from our website’s Document Library at
http://www.AweSome-Guitars.com
S1N, S2N, S1B and S2B are ON-OFF-ON switches that turn on individual pickups in normal or reverse phase
S5N and S5B are ON-ON switches that change select pickup coils from
Parallel
to
Series
connectivity
For a Right-Handed Instrument:
S1B turns
on
BRIDGE1
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S2B turns
on
BRIDGE2
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S5B
When this switch is
down
, both bridge pickup coils will be in a
Parallel
circuit.
When this switch is
up
it puts
BRIDGE1
and
BRIDGE2
pickup coils in a
Series
circuit. Both pickup
coils must be on, either in normal phase (down) or reverse phase (up) or no sound will be produced.
S1N turns
on
NECK1
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S2N turns
on
NECK2
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S5N
When this switch is
down
, both neck pickup coils will be in a
Parallel
circuit.
When this switch is
up
it puts
NECK1
and
NECK2
pickup coils in a
Series
circuit. Both pickup coils
must be on, either in normal phase (down) or reverse phase (up) or no sound will be produced.
For a Left-Handed Instrument:
S1B turns
on
BRIDGE1
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S2B turns
on
BRIDGE2
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S5B
When this switch is
up
, both bridge pickup coils will be in a
Parallel
circuit.
When this switch is
down
it puts
BRIDGE1
and
BRIDGE2
pickup coils in a
Series
circuit. Both pickup
coils must be on, either in normal phase (down) or reverse phase (up) or no sound will be produced.
S1N turns
on
NECK1
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S2N turns
on
NECK2
pickup coil, either in normal phase (down), or reverse phase (up).
S5N
When this switch is
up
, both neck pickup coils will be in a
Parallel
circuit.
When this switch is
down
it puts
NECK1
and
NECK2
pickup coils in a
Series
circuit. Both pickup
coils must be on, either in normal phase (down) or reverse phase (up) or no sound will be produced.
