Gibson Switch Wiring

This switch comes included as part of our les paul wiring kit and this video was made in response to customer requests wanting pointers on how to wire it using the braided guitar wire provided.

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In electric guitars the values. Although we will be primarily discussing switching let us first show 2 wiring diagrams of a guitars volume and tone controls. 2133 gibson les paul 2133 sp les paul special and 2134 sg wiring kits alternate volume control wiring you can wire both of the volume controls of a les paul or any other dual volume control instrument so that you can blend the volume of the pickups independently. Ashbassatcomashbass 50s wiring in a 59.

Were going to take a look at les paul three way switch wiring and because gibson electronics are different than what we have been looking at so far well take a look at the rest of the circuit as well. Ill show you how to create a switchable circuit for your les paul that offers both the 50s wiring and the modern wiring gibson uses today. Let me know what you think. Sometimes it can be frustrating trying to find the right wiring diagram for what you want to do especially if your doing a.

Its time to remedy this but with a twist. In these diagrams the volume and tone controls are viewed from the rear. In the decade ive been writing mod garage weve explored how to hot rod teles and strats with gibson 50s wiring yet never addressed the guitar that gave us this wiringthe les paul. The volume and tone controls are variable resistors also known as potentiometers or pots for short.

Now lets take a look at wiring up a three way toggle switch in a gibson les paul style guitar and while were at it well talk about the rest of the wiring. Here are some images i fixed up to show the various wirings that ive noodled around with on my les pauls and flying vs.