Telecaster Humbucker Single Coil Wiring Diagram. Chopping fenders was always an easier and less scary proposition. This switch taps one humbucker coil for single coil bridge tones.
The coils can be used individually or combined in series for humbucker type tones. Lindy modified the design of the original mini humbuckers experimenting with winds and magnets. With this wiring position 1 is the bridge pickup position 2 is the neck pickup and position 3 is a dark neck pickup tone with all the treble rolled off.
1 full humbucker 2 north coil only of humbucker for single coil performance 3 middle coil only 4 middle and neck and 5 neck only.
The first one is the oldest one. In general the duncan pickups are hotter and brighter than vintage jazzmaster pickups and the bridge pickup likely will sound too harsh for those with vintage tastes. A humbucker on the bridge and a single coil on the neck. 2 single coil pickup wiring diagram.