Gibson le paul classic wiring diagram. 50s vs modern les paul wiring a gibson les paul sg es 335 and many other guitars use a two pickupfour pot setup. The tonal possibilities are almost endless if you know how to dial it in right and the tireless tinkerers among us have tried several ways of hooking up the pickups to the pots over the years. Using the below 50s les paul wiring diagram install your pickup leads and toggle switch leads to the volume pots. Make sure you pull the braid back far enough and solder the braid to the back of its respective volume pot.
I have the stock pups but not the stock capacitors. Thanks to the les paul forum for all the info ive gained from there and to black rose customs for including a diagram of their kit wiring on their website. Give your les paul the vintage tone of a 59burst this seems to be the most sought after tone for a les paul and its not that difficult to make your own les paul sound like that. Doug and pat on the wiring harness fact or fiction.
I do have some orange drop 225p 400v capacitors pictured below. Im trying to rewire this les paul custom back to stock. With the diagram as your guide you can always return to the original if you start experimenting with values. Another breja tone works diy video.
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Two dedicated volume controls and two dedicated tone controls. The previous owner upgraded the pickups and put in two 2 cornell dublier 022600vdc paper in oil tone capacitors.