# Telecaster with a rail-style bridge and a humbucker neck Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/telecaster-rail-bridge-humbucker-neck-three-way Humbucker neck, rail-style Tele bridge · Three-way Tele switch · One volume · One tone DiMarzio's Telecaster harness with a four-conductor humbucker in the neck and The Chopper rail-style four-conductor bridge pickup, on a three-way Tele switch. On both pickups the black and white leads are joined and taped. It uses a 500K custom-taper volume, a 250K custom-taper tone, a .022 µF capacitor and a Switchcraft two-conductor jack. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/telecaster-rail-bridge-humbucker-neck-three-way.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Neck pickup: Neck pickup (BARE, GREEN, RED, BLACK, WHITE); generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)) - Chopper bridge: The Chopper™ bridge DP384 (RED, WHITE, BLACK, GREEN, BARE); generic (Humbucker (four-conductor, DiMarzio colours)) - Three-way switch: Three-way switch for Tele® (EP1105); compatible example (CRL 3-Way Blade) - Volume 500K custom taper: Volume 500K custom taper pot (EP1201); 500k; compatible example (CTS 500k Audio Pot) - Tone 250K custom taper: Tone 250K custom taper pot (EP1200); 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - .022µF: .022µF capacitor (EP1022); 22nF; compatible example (Orange Drop .022µF) - Output jack: Switchcraft® output jack, 2-conductor (EP1301); compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - Bridge ground: TO BRIDGE GROUND; generic (Bridge ground wire) ## Specific to this wiring - On the neck humbucker, the black and white leads are joined and insulated. - On The Chopper bridge pickup, the black and white leads are joined and insulated. - The Chopper's green and bare leads go to the volume casing; its red lead goes to the switch. - The tone signal enters at the tone pot's middle lug (wiper); the capacitor sits on an end lug. - The source gives no position legend. The switch tags are not labelled, so they are mapped by what each does. - The source specifies custom-taper pots. The simulator treats them as linear, so settings between the knob ends are approximate. ## Connections 1. Neck green → Volume casing (case, green) 2. Neck bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn thin grey beside the green. 3. Bridge green → Volume casing (case, green) 4. Volume casing → Volume top lug (case, black) 5. Volume top lug → Tone casing (case, black) 6. .022 µF capacitor → Tone casing (case) 7. Tone casing → Jack sleeve (wire, black) 8. Bridge ground wire → Jack sleeve (wire, black): Labelled TO BRIDGE GROUND. 9. Bridge bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn thin grey beside the green to the lower casing dot. 10. Neck red → Switch top-row first lug (wire, red) 11. Bridge red → Switch bottom-row fourth lug (wire, red) 12. Switch bottom-row first lug → Switch bottom-row second lug (bridge, grey) 13. Switch bottom-row second lug → Switch top-row third lug (bridge, grey) 14. Switch top-row third lug → Switch top-row fourth lug (bridge, grey) 15. Switch top-row fourth lug → Volume bottom lug (input) (wire, grey) 16. Neck black → Neck white (insulated, black): Joined at one solder dot with nothing else on it. 17. Bridge black → Bridge white (insulated, black): Joined at one solder dot with nothing else on it. 18. Volume middle lug → Jack tip (wire, dark grey) 19. Volume bottom lug → Tone middle lug (wire, lavender) 20. Tone bottom lug → .022 µF capacitor (wire) ## What each position does - Neck: Neck pickup (both coils). - Neck and bridge: Neck pickup (both coils) and Chopper bridge (both coils) in parallel. - Bridge: Chopper bridge (both coils). - The source's custom-taper pots are not reproduced: both pots are simulated with a linear track, so settings between the knob ends are approximate. - Hum cancelling and phase describe the generic pickup models, not measured DiMarzio pickups. - Pickup resistance is not specified, so no numeric meter readings are given. ## Check before plugging in - Position 1: continuity from jack tip to sleeve through the neck humbucker only. - Position 3: continuity through the bridge pickup only. - The taped black–white joints on both pickups should read open to ground. ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the DiMarzio diagram Rail-Style Tele® ​​​​​​​Bridge with Humbucker Neck Wiring , revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by DiMarzio. See also [all wiring diagrams]().