I've been lucky enough to get the 70th anniversary Broadcaster (CS) that came wired like this and it is absolutely stunning. I love how you can blend both pick ups and really punch tho any mix. Massive thanks to all at the Custom Shop for a killer guitar.
@@ststojkovic7366 Totally! I love it! I originally wired it using the original '51 wiring but found it wasn't what I was looking for. It has the darker tone on the neck position. Almost simulates a thumpy upright bass. You can check this video out for that sound. ua-cam.com/video/O2eGy8SHSNg/v-deo.html
I ordered a wiring harness from Hoagland Guitars to convert my 1998 52 Reissue to this. It works very well with the original 1998 pickups. They are a bit more subdued than the Nocaster's in this vid but I would never go back to the previous wiring. As an aside you can carefully position the selector switch between the bridge and neck (like we used to do with Strats) and get yet another tone which has turned out to be my favorite. Got the hint from a Bonamassa video. I'll probably get another Tele wired modern just for the times I really need tone control for a particular song.
They were wired with the blend control until 52 I think, but yes after that the front position had the treble roll off cap and the middle position was the front PU. The tone control worked on both PU's after the blend disappeared
I wired up a similar modified dark circuit in one of my Teles back in April. The only difference being I went with a .0047uf capacitor instead of the .001uf they used here. The .0047 was the capacitor Fender used for their “cocked wah” Esquire circuit (as far as I know), so it gives a really cool sound to the neck pickup. This beast here sound pretty sweet too.
@@theshyguitaristThat's a popular capacitor value for standard tone pots, yeah. Not at all what I used though, if that's what you're suggesting. ".0047uf" was what I used to get the "cocked wah" sound, both 3 years ago when I made this comment and in more recent builds.
That's the way my Esquire is, with the cocked wah tone, and then a Dimarzio True Velvet T. This video definitely makes me want to clone the Broadcaster wiring though
Think twice before you start, the Esquire sounds "Unique" and as soon as you add a pickup it will loose that Zingyness that makes it special. I think that amp he is using in the video is the reason it sounds so damn good!
@giulioluzzardi7632 I built a separate guitar with 3 bridges with a blend wiring, it's my favorite electric now ua-cam.com/users/shortsjxHW_SYi4uo?feature=share
That last position did sound jazzy, but all I can think is how gorgeous it would sound with an octave fuzz, al a foxxy fuzz tone, and how easy it would be to switch between a hot rythm part in the second position and lead in the 3rd position. But that’s just me! I don’t know about y’all...
I have the same guitar but wired different with a 4 way switch. But you can order this tele in the CS with the optional wiring as in the video if I remember well The Shop Floor Manager says: GENERAL : GER12-61 TELE CUST NOS TABAC BURST 60 TELE CUSTOM Twisted tele neck pickups and 51 Nocaster Bridge. Mine has a Indian rosewood neck.
I can't but help feel the standard modern wiring of the three position switch with the tone control would suit most people. The blend control would be good for blending a humbucker as Keith Richards did but the neck pickup would be too subtle in a live environment. The Jerry Donahue wiring offers more tonally than this wiring.
I’m currently building a tele on the site and was wondering if this would be the best option for some punchy jazz or smooth blues? Also looking at your humbucker neck/single bridge config: Would you recommend this pickup upgrade in the custom shop?
I like the blend option and improved level balance between pickups, but could I never play a Tele without some kind treble roll off for the bridge. The forward position for the neck pickup is interesting, but here’s what I’d prefer: I’d like the rear selector position to be bridge only with a treble roll off (resistor or capacitor?), the middle position to allow the tone knob to work as the blend control, and the forward position to be neck only. If possible, would anyone have a wiring diagram that will do that?
BTW, sound demo recordings should be recorded and edited without compression, to better represent the actual tone and decay. The room ambience pumps up after loud passages, so there is obviously compression applied somewhere in recording or post.
To reduce the bridge pickup treble, could you simply connect (solder) a capacitor so one of the capacitor's two leads is connected to the switch lug where the pickup signal wire is soldered, and the other lead is connected to "ground" (perhaps the back of the volume pot)? That would shunt the higher frequencies (treble) to ground. My brother's guitar is wired with the '51 Modified Tone Nocaster circuit described in the video, and he too wants to reduce his bridge pickup's treble. But I don't know whether it makes sense to directly connect the capacitor lead to the bridge signal as I described above, or whether a small resistor should also be added, to slightly isolate the capacitor from the bridge signal. In the video it's stated that the purpose of the small resistor (10k ohms) in the neck tone modification circuit (switch in "far" position) is to reduce the volume of the neck pickup signal, but that might be an oversimplification... perhaps the resistor serves a second purpose that Mike Lewis thought is too technical to try to explain to his youtube viewers.
Does anyone now where to find a wiring diagram for this? I could only find a diagram for the broadcaster wiring. Is it the same just with different resister and capacitor? Thank you in advance
There were 0.05uf (microfarad) caps but 0.047uf is close enough and will sound pretty bassy. You could probably hunt down 0.05 caps but 0.047 is widely available. I doubt you would hear a lot of difference between the two. Although this is the internet and people will argue with you about everything and anything.
@@canaan_perry ill probably take out that resistor that lowers the neck pickup volume aswell. I'll try 22nf and 47nf and if I don't like them I'll try a 33nf or I'll do some parrarel stuff to find a balance I like
The Hoagland Nocaster wiring harness uses a 0.001 uF capacitor for the neck pickup tone mod. Did you try experimenting with caps smaller than 0.022 uF?
Does anyone know of any video or recording when the tele- was used as a bass? This is the standard story- but had anyone heard someone do it? Maybe it’s not true.
A recent comment (3 months ago) claims the story about a desire for the "bass" sound is false, and the real purpose of the neck pickup tone modification was to provide a sound better suited to jazz.
Sadly, they only made 100 broadcasters and nocasters, chances of finding one at an affordable price is nill, they are some of the most highly collectible guitars in existence.
Google: 'fender nocaster wiring diagram' Note that the wiring diagram doesn't explicitly show all the Ground paths. The guitar's metal control plate (to which the switch & pots are screwed) serves as a conductor of ground between the controls' bodies. The guitar's metal bridge plate (to which the bridge pickup & bridge are screwed) serves as a conductor of ground from the bridge pickup ground to the bridge & metal strings.
I've aways wanted a real vintage '51 Nocaster... Short of winning the lottery, that'll never happen. But DAMN they sound good!!! Hey Fender Custom Shop... Bring back the Esquire Teles with a single humbucker. But this time, give it a transparent black paisley finish over a figured flamed maple topped solid mahogany body (NO weight relief), and use the exact neck dimensions and compound radius of a Jackson neck, and give it a roasted flamed maple 24-fret set-neck with an ebony fretboard (no front inlays, just a Sexon symbol centered on the 12th) and side-marker dots, and a single Seymour Duncan Invader (or Blackout active) humbucker, single volume knob, Floyd Rose or 5-screw hardtail, and no matter which you go with, use a Floyd Rose locking nut to maintain tune for heavy pulls and bends. Oh, and the tuners need to be locking, and able to handle up to .070" strings.
It's a great video, but you have a factual error. The dark tone of the Telecaster with switch in the full forward position, activating the neck pickup with its .05 capacitor, had NOTHING WHATEVER to do with the desire of players to play "bass lines." It was used primarily to create a Jazz tone as the hollowbody Jazz guitars with single floating pickups were commonly used by players of that time. Many of the early users of Telecasters were Jazz players as Rock N' Roll did not exist as a musical genre until the mid--1950s, well after the release of the Broadcaster (early name for Telecaster) in 1950.
That’s one of the greatest sounding and greatest looking “Teles” I’ve seen.
Gorgeous..
"The lost Broadcaster sounds". Wow. You had to wait 70 years to finally hear them.
That’s absolutely the greatest Tele sound on the market. Plus I love your style perfect for the guitar.
We're honored by your kind words! 🤘
@fender I wished you can modify and set-up my Febder lite ash telecaster
I've been lucky enough to get the 70th anniversary Broadcaster (CS) that came wired like this and it is absolutely stunning.
I love how you can blend both pick ups and really punch tho any mix.
Massive thanks to all at the Custom Shop for a killer guitar.
What a tone legacy Leo left for us! Tone for days Fender, amazing!
I'm in love with these tones and i keep coming back.
Just wired my Mexican telecaster with custom shop '51 Nocaster pickups and the blended wiring. Sounds so good. Great video and great playing!
That's what I was thinking, are you still satisfied today with your guitar?
@@ststojkovic7366 Totally! I love it!
I originally wired it using the original '51 wiring but found it wasn't what I was looking for. It has the darker tone on the neck position. Almost simulates a thumpy upright bass. You can check this video out for that sound.
ua-cam.com/video/O2eGy8SHSNg/v-deo.html
Man that is one gorgeous Tele... and sounds KILLER.
I have the same tele but 4 way wired from the custom shop
By far the best tones I’ve ever heard out of a tele
best tones I’ve ever heard out of a tele
I love this guy's old-school licks
I can’t get enough of this sound @ playing.001 and 10k resistor. I can’t believe these are no caster pick ups out of the box have mercy
That Tele sounds so good.
Thats it thats the one for me iv been looking the last 3 years
That's a sweet Tele.
This is so cool... I wish I could afford to get a Tele like that
You can, just buy one on finance.
What a GUitar Fantastic if ya own that ya need no other
Half the time the tone controls Dont really function in a usable way yet the blending tones and balance here are simply to die for - magic !!
I ordered a wiring harness from Hoagland Guitars to convert my 1998 52 Reissue to this. It works very well with the original 1998 pickups. They are a bit more subdued than the Nocaster's in this vid but I would never go back to the previous wiring. As an aside you can carefully position the selector switch between the bridge and neck (like we used to do with Strats) and get yet another tone which has turned out to be my favorite. Got the hint from a Bonamassa video. I'll probably get another Tele wired modern just for the times I really need tone control for a particular song.
Crazy they were wired like this til '67 and most people have no idea.
They were wired with the blend control until 52 I think, but yes after that the front position had the treble roll off cap and the middle position was the front PU. The tone control worked on both PU's after the blend disappeared
@@LesPaul4684 thanks for the detailed info
I wired up a similar modified dark circuit in one of my Teles back in April. The only difference being I went with a .0047uf capacitor instead of the .001uf they used here. The .0047 was the capacitor Fender used for their “cocked wah” Esquire circuit (as far as I know), so it gives a really cool sound to the neck pickup. This beast here sound pretty sweet too.
“.047”
@@theshyguitaristThat's a popular capacitor value for standard tone pots, yeah. Not at all what I used though, if that's what you're suggesting. ".0047uf" was what I used to get the "cocked wah" sound, both 3 years ago when I made this comment and in more recent builds.
That's the way my Esquire is, with the cocked wah tone, and then a Dimarzio True Velvet T. This video definitely makes me want to clone the Broadcaster wiring though
That is really awesome, it makes me want to make my Esquire a Broadcaster
Updated, I built a 3 bridge pickup broadcaster with the blend wiring minus the tone, now I got a Super Broadcaster
Think twice before you start, the Esquire sounds "Unique" and as soon as you add a pickup it will loose that Zingyness that makes it special. I think that amp he is using in the video is the reason it sounds so damn good!
@giulioluzzardi7632 I built a separate guitar with 3 bridges with a blend wiring, it's my favorite electric now
ua-cam.com/users/shortsjxHW_SYi4uo?feature=share
Another great demo by Mike Lewis, another great Fender wiring option (the other is the "50's half blender, also demoed by ML)
My double Esquire loves this wiring!
Cool stuff! Lve this wiring concept!
Basically the last setting turned the Tele into a Jazz-guitar. Edit: a very telecastery sounding jazz-guitar though :D
Telecastery might be my new favorite word lmao
Yeah heavy relic tele i like it
Beautiful.
Cool! Will try this wiring on one of my Telecasters!
Its got the Broadcaster tone so cool.
The guitar looks and sounds great! I want to know more about the amp.
Glorious!!!
That is awesome, too bad they didn't come out with that 20 years ago. I guess I just have to add that one to the wish list
I would sell my dog and my banjo just to get that tele, What a fantastic sound !,
Tasty playing, son
Very cool
I built a Tele with this wiring style and absolutely loved it. I’d go to about 5 on the tone/ blender knob and that way the sweet spot for me
I prefer the broadcaster/nocaster wiring over modern.
Add a pickups in series button to the top of the tone knob and this would be perfect
That last position did sound jazzy, but all I can think is how gorgeous it would sound with an octave fuzz, al a foxxy fuzz tone, and how easy it would be to switch between a hot rythm part in the second position and lead in the 3rd position. But that’s just me! I don’t know about y’all...
Cool wiring..I wish the amp was cleaner to really hear all the subtitles
Wow, that's amazing!
Where can I find the wiring diagram for this?
I wish someone could have answered your question, i search it too. Did you find it ?
@@nicolasb.399 Hey I found something similar and made the mod. A guy from Breja Tones had a video on this and I followed that. Love the outcome.
@@MrWarrenjay911 thanks I’m gonna have a look at his video
@@MrWarrenjay911 just got micawber pickups from onimac windery, how would this schematic work on these?Want copy of schematic also!
www.creamtone.com/collections/parts-for-fender-guitars/products/wiring-harness-brown-sugar-blend-for-fender-telecaster
I need some kind of rubber tool to get this silly grin off my face.. I LOVE THAT TONE.
I have the same guitar but wired different with a 4 way switch.
But you can order this tele in the CS with the optional wiring as in the video if I remember well
The Shop Floor Manager says: GENERAL : GER12-61 TELE CUST NOS TABAC BURST
60 TELE CUSTOM Twisted tele neck pickups and 51 Nocaster Bridge.
Mine has a Indian rosewood neck.
Some kind of rubber tool? Huh? You mean something like a dildo?
Very Yes!!!!
I can't but help feel the standard modern wiring of the three position switch with the tone control would suit most people. The blend control would be good for blending a humbucker as Keith Richards did but the neck pickup would be too subtle in a live environment.
The Jerry Donahue wiring offers more tonally than this wiring.
Seriously nice settup with that amp(Deluxe?).
Really great, it would be nice and fair to provide the exact wiring as described in the video. Couldn't find it nowhere. Regards
Nice! Would a CS Nocaster 51 from 2001 have that last wiring?
I’m currently building a tele on the site and was wondering if this would be the best option for some punchy jazz or smooth blues? Also looking at your humbucker neck/single bridge config:
Would you recommend this pickup upgrade in the custom shop?
I like the blend option and improved level balance between pickups, but could I never play a Tele without some kind treble roll off for the bridge. The forward position for the neck pickup is interesting, but here’s what I’d prefer: I’d like the rear selector position to be bridge only with a treble roll off (resistor or capacitor?), the middle position to allow the tone knob to work as the blend control, and the forward position to be neck only. If possible, would anyone have a wiring diagram that will do that?
BTW, sound demo recordings should be recorded and edited without compression, to better represent the actual tone and decay. The room ambience pumps up after loud passages, so there is obviously compression applied somewhere in recording or post.
To reduce the bridge pickup treble, could you simply connect (solder) a capacitor so one of the capacitor's two leads is connected to the switch lug where the pickup signal wire is soldered, and the other lead is connected to "ground" (perhaps the back of the volume pot)? That would shunt the higher frequencies (treble) to ground.
My brother's guitar is wired with the '51 Modified Tone Nocaster circuit described in the video, and he too wants to reduce his bridge pickup's treble. But I don't know whether it makes sense to directly connect the capacitor lead to the bridge signal as I described above, or whether a small resistor should also be added, to slightly isolate the capacitor from the bridge signal. In the video it's stated that the purpose of the small resistor (10k ohms) in the neck tone modification circuit (switch in "far" position) is to reduce the volume of the neck pickup signal, but that might be an oversimplification... perhaps the resistor serves a second purpose that Mike Lewis thought is too technical to try to explain to his youtube viewers.
Would love to know the amp here as well.
There's also a 10k resistor in my wallet 😂
Did Fender make any tele customs with maple boards?
I want to know what other stuff he has going onto get that tone.
This sounds good, but I prefer standard modern 3 way.
Want to o this on my 51 Nocaster... neck and Bridge like in the Video but middle both togehter with tone control...
Does anyone now where to find a wiring diagram for this? I could only find a diagram for the broadcaster wiring. Is it the same just with different resister and capacitor? Thank you in advance
Where can I find the wiring diagram ?
Any pre-1967 tele diagram.
Is there a way to do this without the dark circuit?
this is without the dark circuit by using a .001 cap vs .047
what amp is he using?
Hey Fender! Is it possible to know which Tele model is this? Thanks
when he says .05 cap does he mean like 50nf? Like 47nf?
There were 0.05uf (microfarad) caps but 0.047uf is close enough and will sound pretty bassy. You could probably hunt down 0.05 caps but 0.047 is widely available. I doubt you would hear a lot of difference between the two. Although this is the internet and people will argue with you about everything and anything.
@@canaan_perry ill probably take out that resistor that lowers the neck pickup volume aswell. I'll try 22nf and 47nf and if I don't like them I'll try a 33nf or I'll do some parrarel stuff to find a balance I like
The Hoagland Nocaster wiring harness uses a 0.001 uF capacitor for the neck pickup tone mod. Did you try experimenting with caps smaller than 0.022 uF?
I don’t know much, but I feel like fender didn’t offer that colour before maybe 55? Help me out if I’m wrong please.
Does anyone know of any video or recording when the tele- was used as a bass? This is the standard story- but had anyone heard someone do it? Maybe it’s not true.
A recent comment (3 months ago) claims the story about a desire for the "bass" sound is false, and the real purpose of the neck pickup tone modification was to provide a sound better suited to jazz.
How is this different then Eldred Wiring..? This was done on Esquire's
Brian Kaplan blending wouldn’t be possible on and esquire...
Would like to know exactly the name of the sunburst on the body?
I want to do this to a single bucker.
You know what we need? A little bit more
Sadly, they only made 100 broadcasters and nocasters, chances of finding one at an affordable price is nill, they are some of the most highly collectible guitars in existence.
can someone tell me what amp that is?
anyone have the wiring diagram ? I'm about to drop in some SD's and want try this mod , thx
Keith Richards secret
Does anyone have the schematic for this?
Google: 'fender nocaster wiring diagram'
Note that the wiring diagram doesn't explicitly show all the Ground paths. The guitar's metal control plate (to which the switch & pots are screwed) serves as a conductor of ground between the controls' bodies. The guitar's metal bridge plate (to which the bridge pickup & bridge are screwed) serves as a conductor of ground from the bridge pickup ground to the bridge & metal strings.
whats that amp?
I've aways wanted a real vintage '51 Nocaster... Short of winning the lottery, that'll never happen. But DAMN they sound good!!!
Hey Fender Custom Shop... Bring back the Esquire Teles with a single humbucker. But this time, give it a transparent black paisley finish over a figured flamed maple topped solid mahogany body (NO weight relief), and use the exact neck dimensions and compound radius of a Jackson neck, and give it a roasted flamed maple 24-fret set-neck with an ebony fretboard (no front inlays, just a Sexon symbol centered on the 12th) and side-marker dots, and a single Seymour Duncan Invader (or Blackout active) humbucker, single volume knob, Floyd Rose or 5-screw hardtail, and no matter which you go with, use a Floyd Rose locking nut to maintain tune for heavy pulls and bends. Oh, and the tuners need to be locking, and able to handle up to .070" strings.
and how much is it? .. a little bit more...
Know some country.every guitar video. No country picking.
Corona, CA eh ?
I would give you my like, but there's 666 thumbs up and i don't want to screw up this special number. Sorry.
It's a great video, but you have a factual error. The dark tone of the Telecaster with switch in the full forward position, activating the neck pickup with its .05 capacitor, had NOTHING WHATEVER to do with the desire of players to play "bass lines." It was used primarily to create a Jazz tone as the hollowbody Jazz guitars with single floating pickups were commonly used by players of that time. Many of the early users of Telecasters were Jazz players as Rock N' Roll did not exist as a musical genre until the mid--1950s, well after the release of the Broadcaster (early name for Telecaster) in 1950.
The original telecaster was perfect they screwed it up with this 1 2 3 tone volume shit in 52 😂
Nah, not for me.... No tone pot on bridge? Not cool.