Guitar Magazine

TROUBLESHOOT YOUR TELE

1 FLIP YOUR CONTROL PLATE

Almost from the beginning, players found the Tele’s pickup switch too easy to knock accidentally, and spinning the control plate around was one of the first common mods that players figured out. It puts the volume and tone controls within easy reach and moves the selector switch safely out of the way. If you try this, remember to swap over the volume and tone potentiometers and flip the switch around, otherwise everything will work backwards!

2 SILENCE THAT

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