TL-1TB Telebilly

[wokkaboy]

love it Weirdy and thanks for documenting it, you have so much knowledge. Love your parts boxes have so many goodies. Very cool 1 string test setup bit of a Jack White setup ! You certainly have crammed enough into the cavity, hope it all fits !
Can't wait for a sound demo of this beast

[BenWA]

wild, a real labour of love tweaking this one exactly how you want it. neck and body mods are super cool

[maxaxe]

Fearsome combination of luthiery skills and electronic manipulations.
Way beyond me in most respects, but a real pleasure to follow as it develops.
GOTM material for certain.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Weirdy, sorry to hijack your thread again, figure best chance to get you on this post. I got the PBG gold upgrade for my tele and am going to try the stock pups as they have all the gold bling on. I posted a pic, so I have to separate the ground wire from the casing and run a separate ground wire back to the switch ? Will this work for the 4 way switch mod ?

[WeirdBits]

No need to apologise Wokks, I don't mind and it fits with the wiring stuff in this thread. I read pretty much all the posts so there's a good chance I'll see a question whichever thread it's posted in, just for future reference. Gimme a couple of minutes to check a stock PBG TL neck pup I have here and then I can make sure there are no surprises and walk you through the specific steps.

[WeirdBits]

Ok Wokks, the 4 way mod on the stock PBG TL neck pickup should be fine. I can't really see the wires on your pic so I took some of mine instead, they may vary a little but you should be able to match them up.

It has a core 'hot' wire (white) that is connected to the pickup's positive and then the 'bare' wire is split going to both the pickup's negative and the casing. Like so:



All you need to do is disconnect the bare wire from the point it attaches to the casing, insulate that section of bare wire (maybe heatshrink it, tape it back to the main wire, or just trim it off if you're daring), then attach a new separate wire to that spot on the casing. Once that's done the 'core' wire is still your positive (+) and the 'bare' wire around it is now just your negative (-) and the new separate wire is now your ground/shield wire.



Because the bare wire is now your negative it can be a little messy, so just check the underside of the pickup to make sure that there are no loose/stray strands that could touch the casing lug. Ideally, add some insulating tape around it to make sure it can't short with anything.


If you have a multimeter do a quick resistance/continuity check between your positive and negative wires (should be about 6-7K) and then between positive and separate shield wire and then negative and shield wire, which should both show no continuity/connection (??). If it all worked you should now be set up for your 4 way switch. Also, make sure you shield your cavities well as there could be a little extra noise picked up with the shield wire separate from the positive/negative wires.

[wokkaboy]

cheers heaps Scott, I'll have a look later but looks pretty straight forward

[wokkaboy]

Hey Weirdy,
I've been searching for a 4 way switch wiring diagram, is this one ok ? I'll be using standard tone and volume pot. Where do I attached the new wire that attaches to the casing, is that ground ?
Silly question but which way does the switch face on this diagram or doesn't it matter, just wire it like the diagram and top of switch is front of guitar facing ?

[WeirdBits]

Yep Wokks, that diagram is fine. The new wire is now your neck pup ground, so it just goes to the back of the pot like any other ground. And yeah, the switch is viewed from the bottom and it doesn't matter which way it faces as long as the wiring pattern matches the diagram. I prefer having the neck pup in position 4 and series in position 3 on the switch, so I use this switch layout. You could use the switch wiring from that diagram but keep the standard volume and tone if you wanted.

[wokkaboy]

cheers Scott, its clear now, hope to get it wired up this arvo