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Telecaster Wiring

Type Circuit schematicStandard IEEE Std 315 / ANSI Y32.2Engine schematex-circuitUpdated 5/27/2026
Telecaster Wiring
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The scenario

A user needs a clear schematic for wiring a Telecaster-style guitar with two single-coil pickups, a 3-way selector switch, and standard volume/tone controls.

What is in this drawing

Read the decisions behind it.

01

Model pickups as inductors with series resistance omitted for clarity

02

Use two SPST switches (SWneck, SWbridge) to emulate 3-way selection

03Simplify volume/tone pots to fixed components

Rvol as volume load, Ctone as tone cap

Use when a basic block-level schematic is sufficient to convey pickup selection and signal path; not intended for SPICE simulation or precise tone modeling.

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