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[Dice]

Ok so I got a telecaster, but the 3-way switch doesn't seem to be working right. There is absolutely no difference in tone between the middle position and the position closest to the volume control. I figure maybe something is amiss in the switch wiring, but I don't want to undo all the screws and crap without seeing if there may be less intrusive solutions. It was a gift and my mom bought it off zzounds.com, so I'm not sure how the warranty works on that (if it does I could just take it to our fender shop).

 

[Dice]

Oh, I have all the stickers with bar codes and product numbers and crap on the box, both on the box for the guitar (product/serial number sticker, and sticker from dealer that shipped it out) and on the box from zzounds that the guitar box was in (with moms name printed on it and stuff). No receipt, though maybe her email would count? I dunno if that would do for the fender shop to fix it up.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Are you sure you'd be able to tell the difference tone wise anyway? Are the volumes for each pick up boosted all the way? It's possible that the two positions you're talking about leave the same pick up soloed due to the volume on the other pick up too low.

 

[Dice]

1) I can tune guitars perfectly by ear, even a half step down perfectly without a capo. The difference between pickup selections is a slap-in-the-face difference by comparison.
2) A telecaster has two pickups and a single tone dial that transfers between the two. I don't think you can really go 100% on both at the same time, more like 50/50 or something.
3) I have switched between the two at various different tone levels..

 

[Teknopathetic]

In that case, you should probably send it back under the warranty (assuming it has one, other wise your local guitar tech) and have them replace it.

 

[sefskillz]

i say unscrew it and snap a pic of the wiring for us