How to install a MID BOOST in your TELECASTER like Andy Summers

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If you want to boost your telecaster check out how I did it.
Get started with the FREE Step by Step Wiring Diagram and the Routing Templates right here:
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Preparations
01:47 Shielding Paint
02:49 How to make a Custom Back Plate
05:06 Shielding the pick guard
05:31 Wiring the Boost Circuit
12:04 First Test
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@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

If you want to build a boost into a Telecaster like this you can get started with the FREE Step by Step Wiring Diagram and the Routing Templates right here: content.lagerstedt.dk/as-bundle AND ... The 10% Discount code for guitar parts from guitar anatomy.com has changed to: LagerstedtYT Thanks for watching 🙏🏻😃

@anthonygolding-webb8442 5 ай бұрын

Hi Michael, I have completed this build and thank you . I can not get the mid boost to work at all. Funny thing is I built one before and no problems > Have you any ideas why this could be happening? Could it be an earth fault > Wired it twice with all new components .still no boost ! guitar works perfectly without the boost >Really strange ?

@MichaelLagerstedt 5 ай бұрын

Sounds not good. Sorry- I don’t think I can contribute with anything you haven’t thought of. Really hope you find the solution. The grounding thing sounds plausible. 😳

@panosgiatropoulos157 Жыл бұрын

I really like this guy's vids, they are full of tips and tricks and informative/fun to watch, but what I like most is his pleasant can do attitude and his line ''we'll run into problems but solving them is part of the fun'' encompasses his ethos, and mine! Keep em coming!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Hey Panos, thanks so much for watching. I’m really glad you enjoyed the video… and also thank you for taking the time to write such a nice comment 😃🙏🏻

@jurgenzoller4407 Жыл бұрын

Great results Michael...so well done

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Jürgen🙏🏻👍😃

@alfatone2654 Жыл бұрын

Amazing. So fantastic. I can't wait to hear you blast out a few tunes on it.

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much… I will try my best😎… thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻

@nathancourtney2006 4 ай бұрын

I’m enjoying sharing your journey. 👍

@MichaelLagerstedt 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Nathan 😃🙏🏻

@MrTimdriver Жыл бұрын

Great tools and great skills required for this Michael, well done.

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Tim 😃👍

@stoneglad Жыл бұрын

Very well produced video and nice job!!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Allen, 😃🙏🏻

@costasarantidis4499 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Costa. Thanks for watching 🙏🏻😃

@lazyboyrider4607 Жыл бұрын

Michael, I really enjoy your videos. You’ve inspired me to build my first guitar. I’m gathering up the necessary materials now and will start soon. Thank you.

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

That's so great - good luck with your build- It's not rocket science - just takes some persistence:). Thanks so much for watching

@barny6395 Жыл бұрын

I always look forward to and enjoy your videos, keep up the great content. Oh, the background music, absolutely my favourite part!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Barry. Really appreciate it 😃🙏🏻. So happy you enjoy the videos and thanks for taking the time to comment 🙏🏻😉

@t.michaelbodine4341 4 ай бұрын

That's a great idea. Lovely workmanship too. I have an 89 strat that I added the mid boost circuit to, and I quite like it. It pushes the front end of my tube amp in a really nice way. It sounds better and hotter than a tube screamer. Groovy.

@MichaelLagerstedt 4 ай бұрын

Yes it’s a cool mod. Super fun to play with. Thanks so much for watching and taking time to comment 😃🙏🏻

@haysfordays Жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!!! And you actually used a tuning fork that is the key of your backing track!!! Love it!!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Hey Thanks so much 😃🙏🏻. Happy you enjoyed the video and the little thing with the tuning fork. It was more the track that was in the key of the fork 😂😅😉 Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍🏼

@lachcim104 9 ай бұрын

Very nice video, thanks for sharing 👍

@MichaelLagerstedt 9 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for a great comment 🙏🏻😃

@fronqbruet Жыл бұрын

Hey Michael, this is very cool, thanks a lot!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching. Really happy you enjoyed it 😃👍

@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын

Andy Summers is the man!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more 😎👍 Thanks for watching Johnny

@JohnnyBeane Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelLagerstedt Anytime! He's awesome! Have talked with him many times over the years. Search him on my channel.

@wjewell63 2 ай бұрын

Good job man....👍

@MichaelLagerstedt 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏻😉

@danielstein5290 7 ай бұрын

Badass!, my tele is similar but more of a “micawber” (Keith Richards) and Clarence white tele hybrid (but with 3 pickups: tele,strat middle and filtertron neck pickup) with a b bender

@MichaelLagerstedt 7 ай бұрын

Hi Daniel Sounds awesome. Thanks so much for watching and for commenting 😃🙏🏻

@garyp5522 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I was laughing and thinking about the three stooges when you were painting the cavities and drinking coffee. I said I hope he does not dip his brush in the coffee or drink the paint.

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching anyway Gary 🤣

@gabrieloalgo Жыл бұрын

Thank you bro!! I was wondering, can you install it with just volume/boost potentiometers? Greetings from Colombia!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Hi Gabo, thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻, I’m not sure I understand what you mean but I you could install a push-pull pot as volume/boost. The only issue would be how much space you have to work with in the cavity. It’s pretty tight in there. 😉

@marcelopanzoni9640 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Michael! One question about the booster. I made for myself two AS Teles (one with tremolo), by a luthier. I used the Eric Clapton mid boost kit. And in both happens that when I activate the effect sounds too loud. Even in Zero sounds louder than the regular volume at ten. It does not begin in equal and then increase. Do you have any answer about it? Thanks in advance!

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Hi Marcelo. Great to hear from someone who has tried this also. I have to say that I experienced the same thing. The boost is not starting at zero at all. But I quite like that. I’m sorry I can’t give you a solution to that but if you find one please let me know. Thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻

@marcelopanzoni9640 Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelLagerstedt Thanks to you, Michael! If I may know any solution I will write again. Regards!

@marcelopanzoni9640 Жыл бұрын

One little info for those who may be interested, Michael. In armadillo guitar parts sells the AS brass bridge replica with the keyhole saddles.

@Fatstrat1079 Жыл бұрын

Michael, what Humbucker did you install in this Tele?

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

I used a Gibson 57 classic and I think it sounds amazing. Better than the humbuckers in my ‘78 335 actually 😅 Hey thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻

@snoma01 7 ай бұрын

hello michael, i am just a guitarist and not a guitar mechanic but it is awfully nice of u to share the templates snoma01 from Japan

@MichaelLagerstedt 7 ай бұрын

Hi So good to hear from Japan. Thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻

@lindamcguigan5989 Жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeees We have Power Dr Frankenstien

@GyroJM Жыл бұрын

id love to do this with my telecaster but i don't want to route the body plus I don't have the tools, would you consider being payed to do this

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

I would love to help out, but you have to consider the shipping costs. I live in Denmark so depending on where you live it might be costly to ship a guitar body. 😅 Thanks so much for watching 🙏🏻😃

@waynegram8907 Жыл бұрын

Are you sure that Andy Summers use the same booster that Eric Clapton's booster mid boost is circuit is because I think it's a different type of mid boost circuit that is completely different from the Eric Clapton mid boost circuit if there's any way to try to look that up or clarify that hit me back up in the comments thanks

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Hi wayne. It wasn’t the EC boost Andy Summers had in his tele. But it’s close enough for me. There’s something called the stratoblaster by Alembic that comes up in forums when people talk about the AS Tele: www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=76879.msg630033#msg630033 I’m not a purist in that way. I have been down that rabbit hole and thought about using the stratoblaster but I was offered the EC boost by TAD for free so I went with it. Thanks so much for watching 😃🙏🏻

@waynegram8907 Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelLagerstedt Jerry Garcia also used the alembic preamp like Andy summers seems to have used the same thing

@fenson6738 Жыл бұрын

Hi. I think there is a big issue with your wiring. You chose to reverse the phase on the bridge pickup so you should have separated its baseplate from the pickup's negative wire ( and create a dedicated grounding wire ) or , when you will switch the phase, the baseplate (and the bridge as it is connected to, and traditionnally grounded by, the pickup mounting screws ) will become the "hot" too. It would be better to choose the neck humbucker to do that as it has modern wire. One more thing, I noticed that "white roll" copper foil have generally non-conductive adhesive (contrary to green ones), so the pickguard shielding could not be efficient. Did you checked about that ?

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great comment Fenson. The copper foil adhesive is conductive. It’s very apparent in my next video. But your comment on the phase switch I’m not sure about. I can’t really wrap my head around it. All I know is that it seems to work. But thanks so much for your comment… I will check out one more time if something should be wrong with it 🙏🏻😃👍

@fenson6738 Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelLagerstedt To reverse the phase of the pickup you need to swap the connections , start and end, of its winding. Parts of some pickups (baseplate, metal cover) are grounded by being connected with one end of the pickup winding. So when you swap the connections, these parts become connected to the hot wire. It's problematic due to the fact that these parts are normally grounded because they are source of noise (EMI). It's all the more problematic when the bridge become connected to the "hot" too, as it's normally grounded to cancel all the EMI your body can pick up. It's also why you can only change the phase with vintage braided humbuckers by flipping a magnet.

@MichaelLagerstedt Жыл бұрын

@@fenson6738 thanks so much for the explanation . Know it makes a little more sense… I have to think about that 👍🙏🏻🧐

@hardlines5472 6 ай бұрын

Great video and work. But who wants a mid boost? NO and thrice NO! ⛔

@MichaelLagerstedt 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😃🙏🏻… and I guess the answer to your question is Andy Summers 🤔😉

@fbowie21 6 ай бұрын

That soldering looks sloppy lol

@MichaelLagerstedt 6 ай бұрын

I think unfortunately you are right. I’m about to solder my strat. I want to do better 😅 Hopefully I will improve Thanks for watching and commenting 😉🙏🏻

@fbowie21 6 ай бұрын

@@MichaelLagerstedt I mean no disrespect

@alexisdepena8635 6 ай бұрын

Why bother with that, Andy never use it anyway

@MichaelLagerstedt 6 ай бұрын

Hey , thanks for watching and commenting… 🙏🏻😃 So you know he didn’t. Please direct me to your source. I’m always interested in knowing more. Have you seen the latest AS interview on Rick Beatos channel?

@jimlutz1290 10 ай бұрын

Hello Michael, - 🎸🎶I see this modification is beyond my resources and experience, its new to me as I've become a guitar collector during Covid-10. Nothing crazy, basically Epiphone Les Paul's up to $1200. I did also buy a Gibson Les Paul for my 60th B- Day. 🎂🎂 and it will be my only Gibson. (Ocean Mist Burst)During C-19 I took to the moto "If Not now, When" ? as my battle cry. (so to speak) - So I went for it and I now have a I came across a KZfaq video of someone demonstrating this Awesome upgrade, after hearing the before and after I was hooked on it. Your presentation and eye to detail has been the best I've seen. So next summer, I'd like to fly from 🗽 New York to meet you and be maybe your 1st customer. Watching you meticulously step by step is a great learning experience. QUESTION, is this just a Fender thing, OR, has this been also applied to Les Paul's and other brands as well. Seeing your passion and care to each step is most appreciated. If not, well its been great to meet you today. Best to you, Jim

@MichaelLagerstedt 10 ай бұрын

Hi Jim, What a great comment 😉👍🏻. I'm glad you enjoyed the videos. I definitely enjoyed making them. I wish I had more time to work on them, but it's still just a fun hobby. I have seen Les Pauls with a built in-boost on reverb. My plan was to sell my Andy Summers Tele but right now it's too fun to play. ... and welcome to Denmark 😉, Thanks so much for watching 🙏😃