General Description:
This is my "Hot Tele Mod"
or HTM. This is a great mod to upgrade any Strat or other 3 Pickup guitar. Primarily a Blues Mod, the HTM mod will also work
great for Country Players, Blue Grass Players and add more tonal range for Rock and Classic Rock. It gives you the 2 Parallel
pickup combinations not available on factory wired Strats. Adding these 2 Extra settings gives you what is commonly called
a "Bridge On" Strat or a "7 Sound Strat". It's without a doubt the most common mod done to Strats over the decades. What I
have done is added in those great settings without eliminating your Stock 5 way settings in their stock positions. And without
any redundant settings on the 5 way. But I have taken it a step further and added in 2 more settings. One is a series setting
found on custom wired 2 pickup Telecasters. The other is a totally custom setting, not available on any factory wired Tele
or Strat.
Mode of Operation:
This mod is operated by use of a special 3 way rotary
switch. This switch goes in the center control position and replaces that tone control. The remaining tone is then wired as
a master tone. This rotary accesses what I call "Banks". Banks are the 5 settings on your 5 way switch when my custom
switch is in one of it's positions. So for the HTM Mod you have 3 total banks, accessed by the 3 way rotary.
Under normal playing conditions you will set the
rotary to access whichever Bank is suitable for the song you are about to play. You then use your 5 way switch during the
song to switch on the fly. This is crucial because you are more accustomed to using your 5 way to switch live. So
using this mod will be like second nature.
Custom Settings - Banks:
I use the term "Banks". A Bank is the group of 5 settings on the 5 way, with the custom
rotary switch in each of it's 3 positions. So with a 3 way rotary you will have 3 total Banks.
Rotary Position 1 - Bank 1 - Stock 5 way settings
- Bridge
- Bridge & Middle - in Parallel
- Middle
- Middle & Neck - in Parallel
- Neck
Rotary Position 2 - Bank 2 - "Bridge On" or "7 Sound Strat" Bank
- Bridge
- Bridge & Middle - in Parallel
- Middle
- Bridge & Middle & Neck - in Parallel
- Bridge & Neck - in Parallel
Rotary Position 3 - Bank 3 - Custom wired Telecaster Bank
- Bridge
- Bridge & Middle - in Parallel
- Middle
- (Bridge + Neck in Series) & Both in Parallel with Middle
- Bridge + Neck - in Series
Quick Check Info:
- Does Not alter appearence of your guitar
- Includes 5 Way switch, Pots, Rotary and Tone Capacitor
- High Quality CTS Pots
- Orange Drop Tone capacitors
- High Quality 5 Way switch
- Uses Standard Strat Knobs
- Retains all Stock settings in stock locations on 5 way
- Has Master Volume and Master Tone
- Works with almost all Passive Humbuckers and Single Coils (humbuckers must be 4 conductor/shielded
version)
- Includes Volume Kit
Options available at no additional cost
- 250K, 500K or 1 Meg Pots
- Color code for your pickups
- Includes install materials
