Esquire Eldred Wiring Diagram

While the Esquire is certainly a cool (and very versatile) guitar, the original ’50s wiring left a few Esquire players wanting something more out of the 3rd position. The original wiring yielded a very dark tone in position 3. The Eldred modification aimed to solve this by removing the fixed treble roll-off circuit from the original ’50s wiring and replacing it with a low-value capacitor instead. The original Eldred modification uses a 0.0047uf Cap. However, you can easily and quickly experiment with different cap values to achieve the right tone you’re looking for.

• Position 1: The Tone Controls are bypassed, and the Bridge pickup is routed only through the Volume Pot
• Position 2: The Bridge pickup is routed through the Volume and Tone pot, giving you control over both Tone and Volume.
• Position 3: The Tone Pot is again out of the circuit, but the Bridge pickup’s signal now introduces a small value capacitor, which gives you the “cocked wah wah pedal” tone.

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