Description
Hoagland Custom, located in sunny Fernandina Beach, Florida, has specialized in custom guitar wiring and pickup making for almost 30 years…
& we love what we do!
This Tele wiring harness with a passive treble/bass circuit will give you years of dependable tone!
(From Premiere Guitar Magazine) “In general, you can’t increase anything with passive electronics. But you can reshape the tone by de-emphasizing certain frequencies, making others more prominent. Removing highs makes lows more apparent and vice versa. In addition, the use of inductors (which is what a pickup behaves like in a guitar circuit) and capacitors will create resonant peaks and valleys (bandpass and notch), further coloring the overall tone.
How does this system work? You have two tone controls in your guitar: One is for treble and the other one for bass, similar to what you can often find on guitar amps. The treble control acts like the standard tone control you know from all your electric guitars. When you turn it down, it cuts some treble, making the tone warmer. The bass control does exactly the opposite, cutting bass frequencies, which is a great option to shape the tone. The latter is sometimes referred to as “clarity control” because removing some bass will clean up the tone noticeably, bringing back some airiness and dynamics. This is an especially great feature when you play heavy distortion, giving you the ability to prevent muddiness.”
HARDWARE:
- INCLUDED – chrome dress washers, nuts, & switch mounting screws
CAPACITORS:
- 2 Sprague “Orange Drop” poly tone capacitors – a .022mfd value & a .0033mfd value
SWITCHING POSITIONS:
- P1 – bridge pickup only
- P2 – neck & bridge pickups
- P3 – neck pickup only
STANDARD INCLUDES:
- 1 CTS or Bourns Pro Series volume control, 250k value, short-shaft, audio taper
- 2 CTS or Bourns Pro Series tone controls, 500k value, short-shaft, linear taper
- 1 Sprague “Orange Drop” poly capacitor, .047mfd value
- 1 Sprague “Orange Drop” poly tone capacitor, .0033mfd value
- high quality 3-way lever style switch
- Switchcraft mono output jack
- Gavitt vintage style, cloth covered wire
- easy-to-follow wiring diagram
- tech support phone & email
While all of our wiring solutions are built to be installed rather easily, every guitar is different. We always recommend that you have a professional guitar technician at your local guitar shop install it for you. They are experienced troubleshooters and are equipped to get the best from your setup!
Contact Hoagland Custom with any questions regarding this wiring solution, our custom, handcrafted Hoagland Custom pickups, or any other guitar wiring solution that you might need.
