TONE SHAPERS, INC.
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA

wiring products fit the needs of players looking for conventional wiring kits (Classic), and those who seek a middle ground between conventional and our full-blown NextGen products (VHUB). Both of these product lines are built with the finest industry-standard component brands - many made to our tolerances - that have been OEM suppliers to the American guitar industry since its inception in the 1940s. Whatever you need to wire your guitar, we're the place. In this age of dumbed-down service - and product selection - ToneShapers is a breath of fresh air. We have the best stuff, we have the greatest expertise, and we have the killer service. We're the guys you want to know! It provides a ground plane, which the electronic components are in physical contact with, grounding them in turn. The ground path looks like this: building ground > amplifier > guitar cord > guitar jack > guitar volume control > pickguard shield > other components (pots/switch). circuits. These circuits can remove some of the treble frequencies from a signal, making the guitar sound more bassy (by We're dropping names here, because we want to qualify the setting: These people are respected industry insiders, and none of them are trying to sell you expensive capacitors. And neither are we. the jack. The best guitar jacks are made by Switchcraft, this is the brand that pretty much every American guitar company has used since the 1940s, and it's also widely used in industry and aerospace. The reason for this is that the Tele's traditional mounting requires that the jack pass through two pieces of metal that are separated by a gap, while still having sufficient threads available to install the nut. We would add that it's also best if you can install washers both inside (lock washer) and outside (flat washer), as these help the jack to stay tight. Of course, the washers also add thickness, so having a little extra thread length can make the difference between optimal mounting (with washers) and compromised mounting (without washers). By "conventional mounting", we're referring to the images above (you can click them to enlarge). The blue and red things are the "two pieces of metal that are separated by a small gap". The blue thing is a metal clip that's permanently installed into the hole where the jack goes, using a special tool (it's difficult to install or remove it without the special tool; this is usually installed at Fender, it's not expected to be a user-serviceable part). The red thing is the jack cup, which is held in place by the jack, which is sort of the reverse of how things work on most other guitars. The jack sandwiches the clip and the cup together. is actually quite a science), and really, you want the lock washer on the inside, and you want the hard flat washer on the outside, regardless of what you're mounting the jack to. Really. So if you have this style of mounting, you'll be pleased to know that our default behavior with our wiring kits and our ToneShaper products for Teles is to include the long jack. We're The Bomb include lockwashers with our jacks and pots. One more way we're always looking out for you. wiring products fit the needs of players looking for conventional wiring kits (Classic), and those who seek a middle ground between conventional and our full-blown NextGen products (VHUB). Both of these product lines are built with the finest industry-standard component brands - many made to our tolerances - that have been OEM suppliers to the American guitar industry since its inception in the 1940s. Whatever you need to wire your guitar, we're the place. In this age of dumbed-down service - and product selection - ToneShapers is a breath of fresh air. We have the best stuff, we have the greatest expertise, and we have the killer service. We're the guys you want to know!