Nocaster Blend vs Modern wiring

I'm curious to know of those of you Nocaster owners that have changed from the Blend circuit, which I do like a lot, to Modern wiring-

Did you like it better and keep it that way?

As said I like the Blend circuit and while it sounds great at home while playing out last week I wanted some tone control so I'm getting ready to swap but am interested in hearing you impressions from experiencing "The Change" first hand.

Thanks.

 

Is this typical for you Sean as Teles go?

If I had a '52 I wouldn't hesitate at all but Blend to tone is cause to ponder.
Both have plus sides.

 

I do use tone on all of my others quite a bit too.
There's things you can't do well without it.

So few use it they don't realize it's like a secret weapon and buy lots of other stuff to achieve what a simple tone contour can accomplish.

Heating the iron up as I type.

 

Well I finished mine a few hours ago.

Remove cap between vol. and switch,
remove resistor from switch,
Relocate jumper between vol. and blender/tone pot,
add cap between Vol. and tone pots.,
relocate hot pickup leads on switch,
relocate one wire from Vol pot to swith and then jumper that switch terminal to three other switch terminals.

This turns the Nocaster into standard Modern Tele wiring.

Good thing I got my new soldering station yesterday as the RoHS solder is a pain in the butt as it's very high temp.
Removing wires, cap, and resistor I was about 670 degrees and turned back down whenever I was resoldering good ole 60/40.
I was too lazy to hunt down some 63/37 solder.

My soldering station- a Hakko 936-12 worked like a champ and the temp recovery was fantastic even after cleaning the tip on the damp sponge.
Took about 1 second to recover from that.


I'm glad I did the mod to Modern wiring.
I actually find my neck pickup to be brighter with the tone on 10 asnd I mean the neck pu itself not the old #3 position comparison.
Lots more body and charactor to all settings which was an extra I didn't expect.

 

I kept mine like that for almost three months and really enjoyed it.

Wasn't sure if I would do it but after playing out last week I needed a little turn down on the tone from the guitar and though I'd better give it a whirl.
I didn't want to give up the Blender circuit but now a good as the guitar sounds I don't miss it at all.

 

I got better overall sound in the change.
I have equal or maybe even improved clarity on the neck pickup now than I did before in the former #2 position.

My harmonic overtones are richer and I have a surprisingly wide range of tone control.
With the tone set right I can get a sort of 'Tele Quack' sound from the bridge or neck when I'm using just one or the other alone.

I didn't know Teles did anything like that.
Not like a Strat but definately a quack sound.

 

shuie, I just Emailed you both.