Old Tele bleeds the neck in slightly - when on bridge alone?

[pupoholic]

My friends old Tele lets some of the neck in when its on the bridge,
I have heard of this coming up - but does anyone know how its happening and where to pinpoint the source?

Cheers
Pupo!

[SK66]

My friends old Tele lets some of the neck in when its on the bridge,
I have heard of this coming up - but does anyone know how its happening and where to pinpoint the source?

Cheers
Pupo!

Probably the selector switch.

[Stan H]

I would assume it is in the switch. It should be a pretty easy check with a meter.

[Spence]

What circuit does this old tele have? Does it have blend control?

[David Schwab]

Didn't they have a neck pickup blend knob on the real early Teles with the 4 position switch instead of a tone control?

[SK66]

Didn't they have a neck pickup blend knob on the real early Teles with the 4 position switch instead of a tone control?

Yes, very early Broadcasters did. The wiring includes a 15k resistor and a .05mfd cap which are intended to eliminate bleed over.
If the guitar is a 195X Broadcaster....I'd have to say you'd probably be better off living with it or setting the guitar aside rather than replacing any of the components.
Collectors are stupid funny about that kind of stuff, and the guitar is probably just worth too much as is and would very likely be "less valuable" repaired....
To me that's dumb, but I'm not a collector. *IF* you wanted to "repair it"; I'd probably recomend removing the control plate and all wiring intact (except the pickup wires of course) and install new.
If it's already been modified, then you can probably go ahead without worry.

[SK66]

BTW, it's a 3 position switch and the "bleed over" should only occur in the blend position...