# Tele with three single coils, volume, tone and middle-pickup blend Canonical page: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/tele-three-singles-three-way-volume-tone-blend Three single coils · Three-way blade · One volume · One tone · One blend · .02 µF A Tele with a middle pickup added. Neck and bridge run on a standard three-way lever switch into a 250k volume and a 250k tone with a .02 µF capacitor. The middle pickup bypasses the switch and goes through its own 250k volume pot, labelled 'blend', to the jack tip. Drawing: https://guitarwiring.app/wiring-diagrams/seymour-duncan/tele-three-singles-three-way-volume-tone-blend.svg (back of controls) ## Parts and values - Neck pickup: Neck pickup (white and black leads); generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)) - Middle pickup: Middle pickup (white and black leads); generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)) - Bridge pickup: Bridge pickup (white and black leads); generic (Single-coil pickup (two-conductor)) - Standard 3-way lever switch: Standard 3-way lever switch; compatible example (CRL 3-Way Blade) - Volume Pot 250k: Volume Pot 250k; 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - Tone Pot 250k: Tone Pot 250k; 250k; compatible example (CTS 250k Audio Pot) - .02 cap: .02 cap (drawn green); 20nF; compatible example (0.02 µF Film Capacitor) - Volume Pot "blend" 250k: Volume Pot "blend" 250k; 250k; compatible example (No-Load Blend Pot) - Output Jack: Output Jack; compatible example (Switchcraft \#11) - Ground wire from bridge: Ground wire from bridge; generic (Bridge ground wire) ## Specific to this wiring - The sheet has no switch-position legend. The lever-switch lugs are mapped by what they do (neck, both, bridge), as on the standard Tele sheet. - The middle pickup's white goes to the middle lug of the pot labelled Volume Pot "blend" 250k. That pot's left lug goes straight to the jack Tip, and its right lug is grounded to its casing. So the middle pickup is not switched by the lever switch. - Both the main volume's middle lug and the blend pot's left lug end on the jack Tip. - Lead colours are drawn, not printed: the sheet prints no lead names. Each pickup is drawn with one light-grey lead and one black lead, and several signal wires are also drawn light grey. The grey pickup leads are transcribed as white. Roles are inferred by function: grey = hot (it goes to the switch or the blend), black = ground (it goes to the Solder spot). - The middle pickup's white crosses the bridge pickup's white with no joint or hop drawn; they are transcribed as separate wires. - The blend control is drawn and labelled as a standard three-lug volume pot. The board uses the catalog's no-load blend pot, as directed for blend controls, and wires only gang A lugs 1 to 3. - The tone pot is drawn lugs down like the volume. Its right lug takes the signal from the volume, its middle lug the .02 cap, and its left lug is drawn empty. - The volume and tone Solder spots are joined by a line drawn dashed. - The 'Ground wire from bridge' ends on the volume's Solder spot. ## Connections 1. Neck black → Volume casing (Solder) (case, black) 2. Middle black → Volume casing (Solder) (case, black) 3. Bridge black → Volume casing (Solder) (case, black) 4. Ground wire from bridge → Volume casing (Solder) (shield, black) 5. Volume right lug → Volume casing (Solder) (case, black) 6. .02 cap → Tone casing (Solder) (case, black) 7. Tone casing (Solder) → Jack Sleeve (wire, white): Drawn grey. 8. Volume casing (Solder) → Tone casing (Solder) (case): Drawn dashed in the source. 9. Volume casing (Solder) → Blend casing (Solder) (case, black): Hops over the middle white. 10. Blend right lug → Blend casing (Solder) (case, black) 11. Neck white → Switch right row, top lug (common) (wire, white): Drawn grey. 12. Bridge white → Switch left row, bottom lug (common) (wire, white): Drawn grey. 13. Switch left row, top lug → Switch left row, second lug (bridge, black) 14. Switch left row, second lug → Switch right row, third lug (bridge, black) 15. Switch right row, third lug → Switch right row, bottom lug (bridge, black) 16. Switch right row, bottom lug → Volume left lug (input) (wire, black): Drawn with hops over the pickup ground wires. 17. Middle white → Blend middle lug (wire, white): Drawn grey; crosses the bridge white with no joint drawn. 18. Volume middle lug → Jack Tip (wire, white): Drawn grey. 19. Volume left lug → Tone right lug (wire, black) 20. Tone middle lug → .02 cap (wire, black) 21. Blend left lug → Jack Tip (wire, white): Drawn grey; hops over the middle white. ## What each position does - Neck, plus middle through the blend: Neck pickup and Middle pickup in parallel. - Neck + bridge, plus middle through the blend: Neck pickup and Middle pickup and Bridge pickup in parallel. - Bridge, plus middle through the blend: Middle pickup and Bridge pickup in parallel. - blendNoLoad: the engine does not simulate the no-load blend pot, so positions are not analysed and the board is published topology-only. - The sheet gives no switch-position legend; the expected states follow the drawn wiring, with the middle pickup reaching the tip through the blend in every position. How much middle pickup you hear depends on the blend setting, which is not modelled. - Pickup resistance and magnet polarity are not specified, so no numeric meter readings or hum-cancelling claims are given. ## Check before plugging in - With the blend turned fully down (wiper at its grounded lug), each lever position should read the neck, both in parallel, or the bridge across the jack. - With the main volume at zero, the volume's middle lug should read as a short to the casing. ## Source Tinkercaster's own drawing of the Seymour Duncan diagram Tele\_3S\_3B\_1V\_1T\_1Bld, revision 1. Not the manufacturer's artwork and not endorsed by Seymour Duncan. See also [all wiring diagrams]().