SOLDERLESS PREWIRED HARNESS Esquire

Absolutely perfect for all non-soldering iron owners, and anti-hobbyists who have so far been afraid to buy such a kit!

This Solderless Prewired Kit should be installable by anyone. We simply added a pre-wired push clamp terminal for the pickups and ground connections to our standard kit. The wires of the pickups etc. are simply plugged into the prewired terminals and the complete soldering work is eliminated. Due to the clearly arranged terminal row, it is almost impossible to wire something wrong, and the exchange should be relatively quick and easy even for inexperienced hobbyists. Except for the additional wiring terminal, the kit is absolutely identical to the standard soldering kit.

The ESQUIRE prewired kit corresponds to the circuit with the three capacitors from 1950. This circuit was designed by Leo Fender so that the sound in pos. 1 resembles an electric bass (two .05 MFD capacitors in series), Pos. 2 is the usual tone control with a cap as with a standard Tele, and in pos. 3 the pickup is switched through directly without a tone control.

Details:

•     ARTY's WAXED PAPER SKIN Capacitor 50's Vintage Style
•     CTS 250K Audio Taper Pot, 1/4" solid shaft, 3/8" thread
•     Oak Grigsby or CRL 3-Way Blade Switch
•     SWITCHCRAFT 1/4" Mono Audio Jack
•     Treble Bleed Mod
  
•     Cloth-covered Waxed Pushback 22 AWG Vintage Wire
•     Reinforced Ground Connection between the Potentiometers, also for easier installation
•     Stabilized insulated socket contacts
•     Easy to understand Wiring Plan

Switch Assignment:

Position 1 - "Fake" bass position (no toner control 2x capacitors in series)

Position 2 - Volume and Tone (as with Standard Tele)

Position 3 - Volume and no toner control (clean)

This kit is available in all possible combinations. You can choose an Oak Grigsby (NEW) or CRL Switch, 250k or 500k potentiometers, and 0.022, 0.033, 0.047, 0.100 uf capacitors. To keep the variation selection clearer, we have listed only the most common combinations. For all other combinations please select a kit with your favorite switch, and specify the desired combination during the ordering process under remarks, for example "CRL 500k 0.033uF".

Important information about the potentiometers:
The pots used are solid shaft CTS pots with 6.35 mm shaft diameter. This corresponds to the original US fender pots. For basses from Asia, Mexico and Europe, mostly 6 mm diameter split shaft pots are used, e.g. also in the Strat models. This means that the buttons may have to be slightly drilled out or replaced, but are usually possible without any problems. Each kit is also optionally available with split shaft pots of the same quality upon request (please before purchase).

The shipping costs for most EU countries are € 12,-. You can find more information about shipping costs under the link directly below the product costs (inkl. Mwst., zzgl. Versandkosten). If your destination country is not listed here, please contact us to calculate the shipping costs.

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