Hoagland Custom "ELDRED MOD" Handcrafted Esquire Wiring Harness - 3-way switching & Orange Drop Cap

Hoagland Custom, located in sunny Fernandina Beach, Florida, has specialized in custom guitar wiring and pickup making for over 25 years and we love what we do!

This Esquire "Mike Eldred" mod wiring solution is made with premium quality parts… CTS, Switchcraft, Sprague.

This is a rock solid wiring solution for your Esquire. Get rid of the electronics in your guitar that aren’t helping your tone and load your Tele up with a “Made In The USA” (everything but the capacitor) wiring harness that is built like a tank! Very easy to install.
The Eldred wiring is named after Mike Eldred, who directs the Fender Custom Shop. Mike came up with this wiring for his personal Esquire and it was an instant success. 

HARDWARE:

• chrome control plate & mounting screws (available at a slight additional cost)
• chrome control plate w/slanted switch & mounting screws (available at a slight additional cost)
  
• black control plate & mounting screws  (available at a slight additional cost)
• gold control plate & mounting screws (available at a slight additional cost)
• nickel control plate & mounting screws (available at a slight additional cost)
• Standard hardware includes dress nuts & washers and switch mounting screws
• "Pure Tone" premium quality output jack, $6 upgrade

CAPACITORS:

• 1 Sprague “Orange Drop” poly capacitor (.047mfd value) & 1 .0047mfd value audio film cap

SWITCHING POSITIONS:

Position #1 -  This rear position is the same as on a standard Esquire. The pickup is routed through the volume control only, with the tone control bypassed for a hotter, louder lead sound with extra highs.

Position #2 -  This middle position is also the same as on a standard Esquire, with the pickup routed through the volume and tone controls. It sounds a little warmer than position #1.

Position #3 -  In the front position of the Eldred Esquire wiring, the pickup is routed through a single, small capacitor and volume control, with the tone control bypassed once again. You might think this is a very small and lame modification because it consists of nothing more than removing the fixed treble roll-off network and replacing it with a capacitor. But it’s a very effective mod that’s both versatile and useful.

STANDARD INCLUDES:

• CTS or Bourns Pro Series volume control, 250k value, audio taper
• CTS or Bourns Pro Series tone control, 250k value, linear taper
• Sprague “Orange Drop” poly capacitor, .047mfd value
• Audio film capacitor, .0047mfd value
• High quality 3-way lever style switch
• Switchcraft mono output jack
• Gavitt vintage style, cloth covered wire
• east to follow wiring diagram
• tech support phone & email

While all of our wiring solutions are built to be installed rather easily, we always recommend that you have a guitar professional at your local guitar shop install it for you.

Contact Hoagland Custom with any questions regarding this wiring solution, our custom, handcrafted Hoagland Custom pickups, or any other guitar wiring solution that you might need.