Solderless Thinline Tele 4-Way Mod Guitar Wiring Harness Review

Follow up: Good harness, but check for fit.

Just a quick follow up on this product. I noticed that after I installed the included output jack that I would have a signal cut out from my guitar. It would come back pretty quickly but got annoying enough that I opened the guitar back up. I found that the factory soldered connection for the "hot" lead had a bad solder joint on the output jack and was only held on by the factory… read more applied heat shrink tubing. I fixed it with my soldering iron pretty quickly, but I think people are buying this to avoid soldering. If you own a soldering iron or are planning to have a tech install this, I'd still say it's worth it. If you're trying to diy and avoid the soldering iron, you may be disappointed.

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Good harness, but check for fit.

This is a good harness. Unfortunately, it didn't fit in my application. I have a Squier Bullet Telecaster and was interested in going with a 4-way switch. The "solderless" wireless block was too big to fit in the cutout for my guitar. I finally had to cut out the "solderless connection block" and solder in the pickups and the ground. Also, to get the 4-way to work correctly an additional… read more wire has to be added to the neck pickup's cover. So, if you really want it to be solderless get the 3-way switch and make sure there's room in your guitar for the extra bulk of the solderless connection. I put in Fender Pure Vintage '64 pickups at the same time as this and the combination really makes the Squier sound great.

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