by Garystrat » 06 Aug 2023, 06:53
I have a 2017 American Fender Elite with the S1 switch, the following information was included with the head setting positions:
“The tricky thing about explaining S-1 switching is that it does different things on different instruments. That's sensible enough, since different instruments have different pickups, different pickup configurations and different wiring schemes. S-1 switching on a Telecaster, for example, must be different from S-1 switching on a Stratocaster.
Not only that, but S-1 switching can vary from model to model within the same instrument type. S-1 switching on an American Elite Telecaster, for example, differs sharply from S-1 switching on a Classic Player Baja Telecaster. More on all this shortly.
And not only does S-1 switching do different things on different instruments, but it has done different things at different times. That is, it doesn't necessarily do the same things today that it did several years ago. S-1 switching has been around quite a while, after al- it first appeared in summer 2003 and was offered on several Fender instruments throughout that decade; even on some Precision Bass and Jazz Bass models.”