Wiring Kit, Telecaster, SS2 (4-Way Fender)

4-Way Wiring Almost all Teles allow for the neck & bridge pickups to be combined in the middle switch position, and when this is selected, the two pickups are wired together in parallel. This is part of the reason Teles sound the way they do in that middle position, but the two pickups can also be wired in series, and this yields a different tonality, being somewhat warmer and having more output than parallel wiring provides. Installing a 4-way switch provides this series combination in addition to the standard three switch positions, so it adds tonal flexibility without additional complexity, which is a pretty neat trick. Fender wires 4-way switches differently than we do, which affects where the series position is located: Fender Position 4: neck + bridge (series) Position 3: neck Position 2: neck + bridge (parallel) Position 1: bridge ToneShaper Position 4: neck Position 3: neck + bridge (series) Position 2: neck + bridge (parallel) Position 1: bridge Our rationale for wiring per the bottom example is that the two anchor switch positions - all the way forward and all the way back - remain stock, and the combination positions are in the middle. We think this will be more familiar to most Tele players, but in any case, we offer both kits - SS2 (Fender) and SS3 (ToneShaper), and they're identical except for the documentation included with each kit.