Fender Tbx Control Wiring Diagram

The diagram shows you how to wire the tbx tone control on your strat.

Fender tbx control wiring diagram. I ve added a 1 meg resistor across the tone cap to reduce the popping sound that frequently occurs when going to or from the no load center position. Here is the fender diagram. Click diagram image to open view full size version. Strat wiring diagram with three single coils 5 way lever switch 1 volume 1 tbx tone control and the eric clapton mid boost circuit with mid boost control.

Guitar wiring diagram with three single coils 5 way lever switch one standard tone for the neck pickup and one fender tbx tone control that controls the middle and bridge pickups. Click diagram image to open view full size version. There are more mods you can do to the tbx tone control such as using a second capacitor instead of a resistor to rewire the tbx control for more bass cut or wiring the second end of the resistor connected to pot a to the same lug as the capacitor on pot b instead of connecting it to ground for a more even and natural effect in passive guitars. Though the 220k passive mod definately sucks tone from the guitar too.

From reading about the tbx tone pot i gathered it was a designed around the active mid boost circuit and the 82k resistor is tone sucking in a passive system hence me not following the fender diagram. Wiring diagram for the modified tbx tone control and here s the wiring diagram of how it wires up. The tbx control can be wired as a substitute for any normal tone control for any pickup as well as a master tone control for all pickups. Typical fender american standard stratocaster wiring.