ToneShaper Wiring Kit, Telecaster, Big Apple (HH1)

Big Apple WiringFender created the Big Apple Stratocaster in the 1990s in order to marry some of the most popular Strat tones with the humbucker tones of a Gibson. They followed this effort with more two-humbucker Strats - like the Double Fat Strat and the Blacktop Strat - making it clear that this pickup configuration has been met with a warm reception by players everywhere. So of course we thought "Man, wouldn't that be cool in a Tele? But then, you'd need a superswitch that would fit in a Tele." Well, it happens that we have just such a switch. The scheme is straightforward: Positions 1/3/5 give you the straight-ahead humbucker tones you'd find in a Gibson, while the 2/4 are the Fender positions. Our experience is that a normal Strat's 2-position (bridge/middle in parallel) and 5-position (neck only) are the two must have pickup options in the view of most players - these are the overwhelming favorites. The Big Apple wiring for HH Teles mimics these two settings in the 2 and 4 posit