Although these diagrams are on public display, where those who haven't purchased a Home of Tone wiring harness for example can still of course freely use them for reference. It is important to note that the diagrams correspond to my harnesses, and more importantly, the specific components I use within those harness kits.So if you are wiring something up yourself, there is a chance you're using components different to those displayed on these diagrams so they may, or may not match up. So please double check your components, ensure they're the same type as those displayed on my diagrams and used in my kits to help ensure when you follow the diagram you wire it all up correctly. All risk is upon yourself if you wish to reference them to work on your own instrument.
Please take care of yourself and your guitar when carrying out any guitar wiring work as James' Home of Tone cannot be held responsible for any damage caused by dangerous or incorrect techniques used.
Guitar model/Type
T-Style
Telecaster | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way wafer - Right Handed
Thinline Telecaster | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way wafer - Right Handed
Reverse control plate Telecaster | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way wafer - Right Handed
*Please note, that for 4-Way switching to work correctly, you may need to modify your neck pickup depending on it's factory wiring. If you are at all unsure about this, consult your pickup manufacturer or a trusted pro guitar tech.Telecaster 4 Way | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 4 Way wafer - Right Handed
Updated Telecaster 4 Way | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 4 Way wafer- Right Handed
Telecaster 3 Way No Tone Neck | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone (Bridge only) | 3 Way wafer- Right Handed
HH Telecaster | Two Humbucker | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way wafer - Right Handed
Telecaster HS | One Humbucker(neck) & One Single Coil(bridge) | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way wafer - Right Handed
Broadcaster | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Blend | 3 Way wafer - Right Handed
Telecaster SH | One Single Coil(neck) & One Humbucker(bridge) | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way wafer - Right Handed
T-Style Deluxe & Custom
Jazzmaster
Jazzmaster Thurston Moore | Two Single Coil | One Volume | 3 Way toggle - Right Handed
Jazzmaster Lead Circuit Only | Two Single Coil (or humbucker etc) | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way toggle (right angle type) | No Rhythm circuit - Right Handed
Jazzmaster AM PRO | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 3 way toggle (on upper horn) | No Rhythm Circuit - Right Handed
Jazzmaster Full | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way toggle | Upper Rhythm Circuit - Right Handed
*The above diagram is also relevant for pickup wire placement for the 'Bright switch mod' spec kit too.
Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster Full | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Tone | 3 Way toggle | Upper Rhythm Circuit - Right Handed
Jazzmaster full Series mod | Two Single Coil | One Volume | One Push/Pull Tone | 3 Way toggle | Upper Rhythm Circuit - Right Handed
Jazzmaster full 'Pickup selection in rhythm circuit' mod | Two single coil | One volume | One tone | 3 way toggle | Upper rhythm circuit w/pickup selection - Right handed
FUZZMASTER - Right Handed
Misc. Fender
Les Paul
Les Paul 50s | Two Humbucker or P90 | Two Volume | Two Tone | 3 Way toggle - Right Handed
Les Paul Modern | Two Humbucker or P90 | Two Volume | Two Tone | 3 Way toggle - Right Handed
Les Paul 50s Coil Split Tones | Two Humbucker | Two Volume | Two Push/Pull Tone | 3 Way Toggle- Right Handed
Les Paul 50s w/Phase Reversal | Two Volume | Two Tone (One push/pull) | 3 Way toggle- Right Handed
Misc. Gibson models
Don't see the wiring diagram relevant to your purchased Home of Tone Signature Series pre-wired kit listed above? Double check the other catagories, or of course get in touch with me directly and I can e-mail you a PDF relevant to your purchased kit - james@homeoftone.co.uk
Useful info
I've been proudly making, developing and installing my pre-wired guitar harnesses since the beginning of the Home of Tone back in 2015 (time flies when you're having fun right!). Although I feel I do my best in covering as much information as possible across the various product listings, fitting guides, wiring diagrams and more, I thought it might be helpful to put together this page so I can answer some of the common questions my customers ask either prior to ordering or prior/during installing in your guitar. I'm going to delve into a variety of questions for a range of the harnesses, but I'll try to do so in a clear way to help you find the info you are looking for!
Needless to say, if your question isn't covered here then by all means drop me a message and I'll do my best to help - james@homeoftone.co.uk
Do you make custom harnesses or custom diagrams?
I'm afraid I do not offer a custom harness service, or custom wiring diagram service, in any form.
Only harness kits available are the developed and tested product range listed on the website.
Do I need to take a harness to a tech to install it for me?
This ultimately comes down to whether you own the equipment needed to correctly and safely install the kit, or how comfortable you feel working on your own guitar. I do feel that installing a pre-wired guitar harness is do-able for many guitarists but only if the correct tools are used, that care is taken to ensure you do not damage the kit, your guitar or yourself or have prior experience in the field. There are detailed installation guides here on my website, as well as simple to follow wiring diagrams all to help make the process as easy as possible and in my experience, these have helped thousands of my customers carry out their own install.
However, and importantly, if for any reason you have concerns about fitting the kit yourself, it is best to have a trusted professional tech or luthier fit the kit and help ensure your purchased kit, and your beloved guitar are both looked after and worked on correctly.
I, James' Home of Tone cannot and will not be held liable for any injury or damage caused by incorrect methods, handling and techniques whilst installing a Signature Series pre-wired kit.
If you are local to me (Stourbridge, West Midlands) I take on guitar work no problem at all so will certainly be able to help install your Signature Series harness.
Will I need to modify my guitar to fit a harness?
This ultimately depends on what spec of wiring your guitar already has, or where it is made. My kits predominantly use premium components which are made to imperial specifications by each manufacturer (CTS, CRL, Switchcraft, Pure Tone etc). So if you're planning on fitting one of my wiring kits to your USA made instrument, then chances are the guitar already has imperial spec wiring components/hardware and the kit will be a like-for-like swap resulting in very little or no modifications at all needed to the guitar to fit.
But if you're fitting the kit to an instrument with metric spec components, or it was made in the far east for example, then there is a good chance there will be some level of modification required to fit the upgrade kit. These could include widening the holes in the body or pickguard to accommodate the new pots, needing new control knobs and switch tips to fit the larger pot shaft diameters and switch thread/sizes or using an imperial threaded jack socket/mount. These are all common and normal procedures and changes to make when upgrading a far east, metric spec instrument to premium imperial sized components and within my installation guides and product descriptions will help guide what to expect with this work and in some cases, how to carry out those changes.
If you're not sure what spec of component your guitar has, or where the guitar was originally made, then by all means drop me a message with some details about the guitar and I will certainly help identify this for you, and do my best to explain the level of work required to install it.
Will CTS pots fit my scratchplate/control plate/guitar body?
This is a really important question and one understandably asked a lot. The CTS pots I use across my harness range have a mounting thread diameter of 9.52mm, and a 10mm hole is usually required to mount them comfortably. This is quite a bit larger than common import sized pots seen on Squier, Epiphone or other far east made guitars, which usually have a mounting thread diameter of 6mm or 8mm depending on type or brand used. So chances are, if you have a far east made guitar, you will need to widen the holes in your pickguard or guitar body depending on what type of guitar you have, to suit the larger CTS pots used in a new harness.
To carry out this task, I recommend doing this using a step cutter bit. This is in my experience the safest method as it will reduce the risk of paint chipping around the hole if a guitar body mounted pot, or tear out on a plastic pickguard/control plate.
I usually widen the pot mounting hole on pickguards or bodies, to a 10mm hole to comfortably suit and fit the CTS USA specification 9.52mm shaft diameter. A good technique is to tape off the stop point diameter required on the step cutter to avoid drilling to the wrong diameter hole, and carefully run your drill to ensure an accurately finished hole. Once this is done, you can final finish the hole to straight edges by running a regular 10mm drill bit through for the pots to easily fit through. IMPORTANT- I highly recommend that if you are not comfortable with doing this in any form, or importantly don’t have the correct tools, then please considering taking this to be done by a trusted professional guitar technician. It’s not worth the upset and disappointment in damaging your guitar!
Will my existing control knobs fit the new CTS pots?
Now, this one although might seem otherwise menial, is a really important question as trying to force fit the wrong sized control knobs or even doing so with the correct sized ones in some cases, onto the pot can completely damage them. So please do take the time to read through this one as it could prevent some headaches after everything is installed and a simple control knob ruins your hard work!
I use across my harness range, USA spec pots which for split shaft versions measure 5.95mm with 24 splines, and 6.35mm for solid shaft versions.
In most cases, the original control knobs on import type guitars such as Squier or Epiphone for example, will have metric sized, smaller fitting control knobs suited to smaller pot shaft diameters. These items simply won't fit onto the larger USA spec pots I'm afraid. If your guitar is a Fender or a Gibson, USA made guitar then chances are your original control knobs will fit onto the new harness pots just fine. But it is still VERY important to ensure care is taking when installing those push-fit control knobs as damage can still be done to the pot if fitting incorrectly believe it or not. For each harness I have included the measurements of the pot shaft type used in that particular kit. I hope this helps identify if the pots used in that kit, will suit the control knobs you already have, or whether you need to order new ones to suit.
These details are the same for switch tips too. For example, threaded switch toggles like those used on Gibson style guitars for example will have a specific thread pitch/size. As I use Switchcraft USA toggles (imperial thread) and CRL/Oak switches these will both require USA/imperial spec tips, much like with the control knobs.