# Telecaster with a rail-style bridge and a single-coil neck Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/telecaster-rail-bridge-single-coil-neck-three-way Rail-style four-conductor bridge, single-coil neck · Three-way Tele switch · One volume · One tone DiMarzio's Telecaster harness with a four-conductor rail-style bridge pickup (The Chopper T) and a Twang King single coil in the neck, on a three-way Tele switch. It uses 250K custom-taper volume and tone pots, a .022 µF capacitor and a Switchcraft two-conductor jack. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/dimarzio/telecaster-rail-bridge-single-coil-neck-three-way.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Twang King neck: Neck pickup, Twang King™ neck DP172 (WHITE, GRAY, BLACK); generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)) - Chopper T bridge: Bridge pickup, The Chopper T™ 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 250K custom taper: Volume 250K custom taper pot (EP1200); 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k 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 - The three-way switch enables bridge, bridge & neck, neck. - On the bridge pickup, the black and white leads are joined at one solder dot. - The neck pickup's gray lead goes to the volume casing with its black lead. The board draws only the white and black leads, because the stand-in single coil has no third lead. - The tone signal enters at the tone pot's middle lug (wiper); the capacitor sits on an end lug. - 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 black → Volume casing (case, black) 2. Bridge green → Volume casing (case, green) 3. Bridge bare shield → Volume casing (shield, bare): Drawn thin grey beside the 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. Neck white → Switch top-row first lug (wire, white) 10. Bridge red → Switch bottom-row fourth lug (wire, red) 11. Switch bottom-row first lug → Switch bottom-row second lug (bridge, grey) 12. Switch bottom-row second lug → Switch top-row third lug (bridge, grey) 13. Switch top-row third lug → Switch top-row fourth lug (bridge, grey) 14. Switch top-row fourth lug → Volume bottom lug (input) (wire, light grey) 15. Bridge black → Bridge white (insulated, black): Both end at one solder dot with nothing else on it. 16. Volume middle lug → Jack tip (wire, dark grey) 17. Volume bottom lug → Tone middle lug (wire, lavender) 18. Tone bottom lug → .022 µF capacitor (wire) 19. Neck gray → Volume casing (case, gray), listed, not drawn: Drawn beside the black to the top-left casing dots; not drawn on the board because the stand-in pickup has no third lead. ## What each position does - Neck: Twang King neck. - Bridge and neck: Twang King neck and Chopper T bridge (both coils) in parallel. Source: The sheet lists bridge & neck as one of the three settings. - Bridge: Chopper T 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. - The rail-style bridge pickup is simulated as a generic side-by-side four-conductor humbucker; 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 single coil only. - Position 3: continuity through the bridge pickup only. - The joined black–white leads on the bridge pickup should read open to ground. ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the DiMarzio diagram Rail Style Tele® Bridge with Standard Neck Wiring, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by DiMarzio. See also [all wiring diagrams]().