Fender Tbx Control Wiring Diagrams
Typical fender american standard stratocaster wiring.
Fender tbx control wiring diagrams. The tbx control can be wired as a substitute for any normal tone control for any pickup as well as a master tone control for all pickups. Fitted a fender tbx tone pot yesterday as on paper it sounded like a great solution. After 5 it decreases resistance prividing more bass treble presence and output. Remember that the values of the two pots are fixed so you cant experiment with them.
The diagram shows you how to wire the tbx tone control on your strat. Guitar wiring diagram with three single coils 5 way lever switch one standard tone for the neck pickup and one fender tbx tone control that controls the middle and bridge pickups. Wiring diagram for the modified tbx tone control. Original equipment on many fender instruments.
Functions like a standard tone control from 1 to 5. There are more mods you can do to the tbx tone control such as using a second capacitor instead of a resistor to rewire the tbx control for more bass cut or wiring the second end of the resistor connected to pot a to the same lug as the capacitor on pot b instead of connecting it to ground for a more even and natural effect in passive guitars. Call 1 844 202 0924 or chat live with us monday friday 8am 11pm est submit a request. Stacked 250k 1meg control that replaces a standard tone control and enhances your tonal palette.
Original fender treble bass expander tbx control. The red wire is the input for the tbx control and the green wire is a short jumper wire connecting pot a to pot b. I ve added a 1 meg resistor across the tone cap to reduce the popping sound that frequently occurs when going to or from the no load center position. Guitar diy guitar shop music guitar stratocaster guitar fender guitars ultimate guitar chords cigar box guitar plans guitar pickups music.
Most of our older guitar parts lists wiring diagrams and switching control function diagrams predate formatting which would allow us to make them available on this page as pdf files. Wiring diagram for the modified tbx tone control and here s the wiring diagram of how it wires up. Ready to get started. Click diagram image to open view full size version.
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The diagram shows you how to wire the tbx tone control on your strat.