Squier® Tele Custom II with P-90 Pickups

[Telerat]

Has anyone tried one of these, it seems like a cool idea and has gotten good reviews online, but you never know if those are just kids who want to believe they have a great guitar. it's only $229.00 at MF.

thanks

[InstituteOfNoise]

I have one when the first came out. It's actually been used by me and 2-3 others on records. Didn't have to change a thing. Just a decent setup. The neck is actually very decent considering the price point. The pups don't need changing one bit. I found out from Duncan they are made overseas and don't have all the NOS trype wiring of the original repros, but they are identical to the standard Duncan P-90's as far as specs of resistance and output.

[frank thomson]

i agree.very nice.....and if you overdrive those p90s, they scream-creamy.

[Telerat]

Thanks guys, it's kinda hard resisting getting one, the only thing stopping me is having to order one sight unseen from MF.

[Mikey]

Telerat, go ahead, order the damn thing.
You won't be disappointed. They're really a great buy and get you into P90 land quite well.
You may have to clean up the fret ends a tad like I did, but all-in-all, I'm very happy with mine.

[telecast]

Thanks guys, it's kinda hard resisting getting one, the only thing stopping me is having to order one sight unseen from MF.

It's a Squier, I doubt seriously you'll notice a huge difference, or be able to find 'the one' if you could play a hundred of them. Not saying they won't be different but it's not like you're buying an upscale guitar.

[flintpunk]

Do any of you guys have a pic of the wiring on your Squier Tele Custom II's? I picked one up for my nephew that had the pickups de-soldered. Everything else looks to be in place though. The wiring diagram on the Squier site is the same for the Humbucking version and only shows 2 wires coming out of the pickup, while the "Duncan Designed" P-90's have 3 wires. Any help would be HUGE! My nephew is currently borrowing my Strat and I really need to get it back as I'm playing in 2 bands now!

[flintpunk]

C'mon, one of you guys has a picture of the underside of the pickguard of one of these things, don't ya? LOL! I really need to figure out where the 3 wires from the pickups go and any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Al

[Offshore Angler]

C'mon, one of you guys has a picture of the underside of the pickguard of one of these things, don't ya? LOL! I really need to figure out where the 3 wires from the pickups go and any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Al

Sounds like it's time to get the multimeter out. And a quick trip over to Duncan's website might be in order. You'll find P90 wiring diagrams there.

If they are true P90's with three wires (?) one would be a ground. So, check the resistance between all the wires. If say, wires 1 and 2 have a few hundred Ohms between them but wire three has infinite resistance with both 1 and 2, check wire 3 with the baseplate of the P90, it should read zero Ohms. If that all works out, connect the 1s to the switch, the 2s and 3s to ground.


But - that's a back of the napkin guessing. I'd do it, but I need to put in a disclaimer regarding wiring electrical circuits for human interaction... If you aren't sure of how your amp/guitar circuit is grounded you could wire it wrong and kill somebody.