11 thoughts on “Deaf Eddie’s wiring tips and tricks”
wiring diagram for telecaster
phil colter cose
Hi Eddie, I have a tele standard with with bridge and nech sp pups 5 way switch and vol and tone control plus push/pull switch, I am llooking for a diagram to make the pp switch a phase switch, can you help please.
]thanks in advance phil
smile for the day think how much deeper the ocean would be if sponges didn’t grow there.
Hi Eddie, I have a 90’s telecaster built in Japan and the only way to access the neck pup for adjustment is by removing the scratch plate, however, I was thinking,would it be o. k to drill a small hole (1/8″) ? either side of the pup in the scratch plate to access the adjustment screws. I would appreciate any advise you may have. Regards Phil Cose
Yep ,Emmet Brown is tha man!!I have three of his wonder switches in my strats and they all sound wonderfully out of this world!!He is also a very helpfull guy and will help you to install his stuff and makes it like idiot proof-ing easy to do so with his diagrams and his very clear written advice…I woudnt ever have a strat without his Fat -O-caster switch,it makes it such a better sounding axe,here are some sounds…; http://fandalism.com/franknstein
i need a wiring diagram for a 3 mini humbucker tele ,with 1 hole for a rotary switch and 1 hole for a volume pot,,,the neck mini is a s/d 2 wire and the mid and bridge are 4-wire sey/dun mini-hums
I’ve tried about half a dozen of Deaf-Eddie’s wiring mods so far, and would have to recommend them to anyone wanting to make a Strat really versatile & exciting. I’ve also done a Deaf-Eddie Les Paul with 3 extra tones, and am working on a Strat/Les Paul "Stinger" – kind of the best of both worlds. Thanks guitarsite & Deaf Eddie "Emmett Brown". Strat Man Dwight
I was wondering if possibly you could help me in locating a standard wiring diagram for a fender strat.as I have purcashed a seymour duncan hot rail I would like to install and want to make sure every thing else is in order as I have experianced some difficulty with this instrument as of late and have had no such luck from the fender website Thanks Dave
To Dave (and others): hope you got your Hot Rails installed okay and everything is allright. I rebuilt my own Stratocaster tm. with active pickups, pre-amp & 9 volt battery over a year ago. There wasn’t really any diagram for that one. Anyhow, both EMG and Seymour Duncan have forums where we can all ask questions and get some pretty good answers. DiMarzio and Deaf-Eddie have also assisted by sending diagrams to my email. That’s excellent, cuz my dad Dwight has been waiting to hear from Fender tm. since 1972. You can also get diagrams online at the guitarelectronics website. My rockitsciencelabs site is still under construction but I sketch out diagrams for people who need them. Sorry the guitar manufacturer in this case does not help.
I’m a little new at these forums, so there’s been a mistake. I clicked enter after my name, and the words of the previous followup by Andrew Listmayer were sent.
Sorry. Strat again, I mean start again: Hi Deaf-Eddie, Dave ‘Hot Rails’ & others. I jammed last night with my Fat Strat that has 11 sounds made possible by a Fat-O-Caster X2 switch, from Deaf-Eddie himself. It’s already been reviewed as "fantastic" under Deaf-Eddie pickups on Harmony Central.
I played the Fat Strat with its extra series-power, while my best buddy played his Les Paul/Marshall and all that. He might of looked a little better with his quilted flametop but I think we sounded pretty equal? together, if not about the same, most of the time. The rest of the time, I still had all the stock tones from my hot single coils as well as the original humbucker at the bridge.
Thanks Deaf-Eddie for inventing a $30 switch that installs in an hour, that makes my Strat sound like $5,000 or more!
My buddy wants to get a Fat Strat or possibly a Telecaster now with these wiring tricks that sound so cool.
: I’m a little new at these forums, so there’s been a mistake. I clicked enter after my name, and the words of the previous followup by Andrew Listmayer were sent.
: Sorry. Strat again, I mean start again: Hi Deaf-Eddie, Dave ‘Hot Rails’ & others. I jammed last night with my Fat Strat that has 11 sounds made possible by a Fat-O-Caster X2 switch, from Deaf-Eddie himself. It’s already been reviewed as "fantastic" under Deaf-Eddie pickups on Harmony Central.
: I played the Fat Strat with its extra series-power, while my best buddy played his Les Paul/Marshall and all that. He might of looked a little better with his quilted flametop but I think we sounded pretty equal? together, if not about the same, most of the time. The rest of the time, I still had all the stock tones from my hot single coils as well as the original humbucker at the bridge.
: Thanks Deaf-Eddie for inventing a $30 switch that installs in an hour, that makes my Strat sound like $5,000 or more!
: My buddy wants to get a Fat Strat or possibly a Telecaster now with these wiring tricks that sound so cool.
Hey, tell your buddy there’s a great diagram, and it’s free at http://www.deaf-eddie.net that shows how to get 5 different sounds from a Telecaster, without changing pickups. I think I’ll try it.
Also, there’s a switch called the Chromacaster that enables a SINGLE COIL Stratocaster to make 16 SOUNDS! Man I love it, it’s also fantastic! I’ve given my opinion of it at http://www.harmonycentral.com under guitar pickups too. Rock on!
Hi Eddie, I have a tele standard with with bridge and nech sp pups 5 way switch and vol and tone control plus push/pull switch, I am llooking for a diagram to make the pp switch a phase switch, can you help please.
]thanks in advance phil
smile for the day think how much deeper the ocean would be if sponges didn’t grow there.
Hi Eddie, I have a 90’s telecaster built in Japan and the only way to access the neck pup for adjustment is by removing the scratch plate, however, I was thinking,would it be o. k to drill a small hole (1/8″) ? either side of the pup in the scratch plate to access the adjustment screws. I would appreciate any advise you may have. Regards Phil Cose
Yep ,Emmet Brown is tha man!!I have three of his wonder switches in my strats and they all sound wonderfully out of this world!!He is also a very helpfull guy and will help you to install his stuff and makes it like idiot proof-ing easy to do so with his diagrams and his very clear written advice…I woudnt ever have a strat without his Fat -O-caster switch,it makes it such a better sounding axe,here are some sounds…; http://fandalism.com/franknstein
i need a wiring diagram for a 3 mini humbucker tele ,with 1 hole for a rotary switch and 1 hole for a volume pot,,,the neck mini is a s/d 2 wire and the mid and bridge are 4-wire sey/dun mini-hums
i need a diagram for a Dean Playmate..(a wiring diagram)
I am looking for a wiring diagram for Nady UB 10 wireless transmitter.
I’ve tried about half a dozen of Deaf-Eddie’s wiring mods so far, and would have to recommend them to anyone wanting to make a Strat really versatile & exciting. I’ve also done a Deaf-Eddie Les Paul with 3 extra tones, and am working on a Strat/Les Paul "Stinger" – kind of the best of both worlds. Thanks guitarsite & Deaf Eddie "Emmett Brown". Strat Man Dwight
I was wondering if possibly you could help me in locating a standard wiring diagram for a fender strat.as I have purcashed a seymour duncan hot rail I would like to install and want to make sure every thing else is in order as I have experianced some difficulty with this instrument as of late and have had no such luck from the fender website Thanks Dave
To Dave (and others): hope you got your Hot Rails installed okay and everything is allright. I rebuilt my own Stratocaster tm. with active pickups, pre-amp & 9 volt battery over a year ago. There wasn’t really any diagram for that one. Anyhow, both EMG and Seymour Duncan have forums where we can all ask questions and get some pretty good answers. DiMarzio and Deaf-Eddie have also assisted by sending diagrams to my email. That’s excellent, cuz my dad Dwight has been waiting to hear from Fender tm. since 1972. You can also get diagrams online at the guitarelectronics website. My rockitsciencelabs site is still under construction but I sketch out diagrams for people who need them. Sorry the guitar manufacturer in this case does not help.
I’m a little new at these forums, so there’s been a mistake. I clicked enter after my name, and the words of the previous followup by Andrew Listmayer were sent.
Sorry. Strat again, I mean start again: Hi Deaf-Eddie, Dave ‘Hot Rails’ & others. I jammed last night with my Fat Strat that has 11 sounds made possible by a Fat-O-Caster X2 switch, from Deaf-Eddie himself. It’s already been reviewed as "fantastic" under Deaf-Eddie pickups on Harmony Central.
I played the Fat Strat with its extra series-power, while my best buddy played his Les Paul/Marshall and all that. He might of looked a little better with his quilted flametop but I think we sounded pretty equal? together, if not about the same, most of the time. The rest of the time, I still had all the stock tones from my hot single coils as well as the original humbucker at the bridge.
Thanks Deaf-Eddie for inventing a $30 switch that installs in an hour, that makes my Strat sound like $5,000 or more!
My buddy wants to get a Fat Strat or possibly a Telecaster now with these wiring tricks that sound so cool.
: I’m a little new at these forums, so there’s been a mistake. I clicked enter after my name, and the words of the previous followup by Andrew Listmayer were sent.
: Sorry. Strat again, I mean start again: Hi Deaf-Eddie, Dave ‘Hot Rails’ & others. I jammed last night with my Fat Strat that has 11 sounds made possible by a Fat-O-Caster X2 switch, from Deaf-Eddie himself. It’s already been reviewed as "fantastic" under Deaf-Eddie pickups on Harmony Central.
: I played the Fat Strat with its extra series-power, while my best buddy played his Les Paul/Marshall and all that. He might of looked a little better with his quilted flametop but I think we sounded pretty equal? together, if not about the same, most of the time. The rest of the time, I still had all the stock tones from my hot single coils as well as the original humbucker at the bridge.
: Thanks Deaf-Eddie for inventing a $30 switch that installs in an hour, that makes my Strat sound like $5,000 or more!
: My buddy wants to get a Fat Strat or possibly a Telecaster now with these wiring tricks that sound so cool.
Hey, tell your buddy there’s a great diagram, and it’s free at http://www.deaf-eddie.net that shows how to get 5 different sounds from a Telecaster, without changing pickups. I think I’ll try it.
Also, there’s a switch called the Chromacaster that enables a SINGLE COIL Stratocaster to make 16 SOUNDS! Man I love it, it’s also fantastic! I’ve given my opinion of it at http://www.harmonycentral.com under guitar pickups too. Rock on!
Strat Man Dwight