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These documents will help you to assemble, install and use our family of High-Performance patented Pickup Switch Upgrade^TM products.

If you have purchased either of the following Pickup Switch Upgrade^TM products, download the specified documents:

• KIT Pickup Switch Upgrade^TM products: download documents #1, #2 and #3.   Also see the applicable documents #A, #B and #C.
• Assembled and Tested Pickup Switch Upgrade^TM products: download document #3.   Also see the applicable documents #A, #B and #C.
• STRATOCASTER Upgrades: download document #5.   Also see the applicable documents #a, #b, #c and #d.
• TELECASTER Upgrades: download document #6.   Also see the applicable documents #a, #b, #c and #d.
• JAZZ BASS Upgrades: download document #7.   Also see the applicable documents #a, #b, #c and #d.

Product Install Ease Legend: 1-Easy, 2-(midway), 3-Intermediate, 4-(midway), 5-Difficult

0. Pickup Switch Upgrade Selection Chart. Which products you can use for your pickup configuration.

Upgrade Instructions:
1. Installation Instructions for Assembled and Tested Switch products [Install Ease: 2-3]
2. T3PJ-Switch Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 2-3]
3. M1-PCB Configuration and Use Instructions


4. a. Stratocaster Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1-2]
   b. Stratocaster Upgrade T3Plus-Switch Use Summary
   c. Stratocaster Upgrade T4-Switch Use Summary
   
   
5. a. Telecaster Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1-2]
   b. Telecaster Upgrade T3Plus-Switch Use Summary
   c. Telecaster Upgrade T4-Switch Use Summary
   d. 72 Telecaster Deluxe Reissue Instructions
   


6. Jazz Bass Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1-2]
7. P-Bass Upgrade Instructions [Install Ease: 2]
8. Player Jaguar Bass Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 2]
9. LP4 Upgrade Instructions For Les Paul style instruments [Install Ease: 3-4]
10. a. S-Board Bare Bones Assembly Instructions [Install Ease: 2-3]
    b. S-Board Bare Bones Testing Instructions
    c. S-Board Bare Bones Install Instructions
11. BMG Special Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
12. Middle Pickup Switch M1 Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
13. Treble Bleed, Grease Bucket, Pot Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
14. Enhanced Push-Pull Pot Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
15. a. Stratocaster TBGB Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
    b. Strat-TBGB Upgrade
16. a. T2 Rickenbacker Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
    b. T3 Rickenbacker Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
    c. S3 Rickenbacker Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
17. 2020 Paranormal Cyclone Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1]
18. Contemporary Stratocaster Special Upgrade Installation Instructions [Install Ease: 1-2]

Additional Application Support Documents:

Pickup Tone "Mapping" Worksheets:
1. T2-Switch:         Gives You     6 Pickup Tones
2. Daisy-Chaining three T2-Switches Mapping Worksheet gives you 414 pickup tones
3. T2Plus-Switch:  Gives You     6 Pickup Tones
4. T3-Switch:         Gives You   13 Pickup Tones
5. T3PJ-Switch:     Gives You   21 Pickup Tones — (for instruments with PJ pickup configuration)
6. T3Plus-Switch:       Gives You  35 Pickup Tones — (also for S3-Switch)
7. T3Plus-T2 Switch:  Gives You   several hundred Pickup Tones — For TriBucker and Humbucker
8. T3Plus-X Switch:    Gives You   several hundred Pickup Tones — For two TriBuckers
9. T4-Switch:              Gives You   68 Pickup Tones — (also see this mapping sheet)
10. 1. T4Plus-Switch:  Gives You 102 Pickup Tones — (for HH, HSS instrument + our VT-3 Volume-Tone Control) (also see this mapping sheet)
    2. T4Plus-Switch:  Gives You 212 Pickup Tones — (for HSH instrument + our VT-2 Volume-Tone Control + ASY-M1 switch)
    3. T4Plus-Switch:  Gives You 272 Pickup Tones — (for HSH instrument + our VT-3 Volume-Tone Control + ASY-M1 switch)
    4. T4Plus-Switch:  Gives You 276 Pickup Tones — (for HSH instrument + our VT-4 Volume-Tone Control + ASY-M1 switch)

Special T4-Switch Wiring Variation Details:
11. To Get   68 Pickup Tones — (for HH, HSS or HSH Instruments – simple example)
12. 1: To Get 102 Pickup Tones — (for HH, HSS Instruments + our VT-3 Volume-Tone Control), requires T4Plus-Switch
    2: To Get 102 Pickup Tones — (for HH, HSS Instruments + our VT-3 Volume-Tone Control), requires two T2Plus-Switch
       These variations gives you QuadraBucker^TM (all four pickup coils in series) Pickup Tones.
13. 1. To Get 212 Pickup Tones — (for HSH Instruments + our VT-2 Volume-Tone Control + ASY-M1 switch)
    2. To Get 272 Pickup Tones — (for HSH Instruments + our VT-3 Volume-Tone Control + ASY-M1 switch)
    3. To Get 276 Pickup Tones — (for HSH Instruments + our VT-4 Volume-Tone Control + ASY-M1 switch)
       This variation gives you PentaBucker^TM (all five pickup coils in series) Pickup Tones that are so fat, they're... OBESE!

Volume-Tone Wiring Details:
14. Typical Wiring for our VT-1 and VT-2 Volume-Tone Control products

Humbucker Pickup Wiring Details:
15. 1: AweSome Asymmetric 4-wire Humbucker Wire Color Codes
    2: Pickup Wire Color Codes
16. 1: How to Change a 4-wire Humbucker into a 2-wire version
    2: Humbucker coil split circuit using a push-pull pot
17. Convert Wide Range Humbucker Pickup to 4-Wire Version [Install Ease: 1]
18. Convert Twin Head Humbucker Pickup to 4-Wire Version [Install Ease: 1]

Additional Documents:
19. Connecting 26 Gauge Wire to 22 Gauge Wire Using UY2 Connectors
20. Temporarily using our T3-Switch with two pickup coils
21. Temporarily using our T4-Switch with three pickup coils
22. How To "Daisy-Chain" Multiple T2-Switch Products for Added Flexibility and More Pickup Tones