Tele wiring

[michael30]

I recently bought a batch of pickups in the emporium. Among them were a Seymour Duncan '59 humbucker and a Lil' 59 tele bridge pickup. I'd like to put them in one of my teles. What would be the best way to wire them? Would coil-splitting be a good idea on one or both of the pickups and how would that be done in a straightforward inexpensive way? Push-pull pots or some other way?

[sickboy79]

Funny - I was playing one of my Dad's Tele's over the past week and it has a Lil' 59 in the bridge. His was set up for split coil using a push pull pot on the tone pot. Good spot for it, IMO. I would probably use a spring loaded verion but, that's me. I'll have to check on exactly how it's wired up. That Lil' 59 did sound good when split.

The Seymour Duncan site has lots of wiring schematics that you could check out. Here's a couple that might work for you depending on which way you go:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=tele_2hum_2pushpull

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=tele_1hum_1sing_pushpull