50's vs. Modern Wiring

Make sure you didn't solder through the outer shielding to the inner wire. The reason I say this Gibson did that on my 2002 RO 1960 Custom Shop only one pickup
worked I contacted my friend Jim Rolph and sent me a set of custom wound PAF pickups and wire I re-wired the guitar complete.
Jim got it the guitar sounds just like my real 1960 Les Paul Standard now. One more point never use a soldering gun near a pickup you will demagnetize the magnets.
 
Not a bad pot...replaced with no luck. The bridge pot is acting like an on/off switch. There is no gradual increase or decrease in volume. The pup is
working, but very low output. The neck pup works fine alone, but gets drawn down when the bridge pup is also selected...both volumue pots read
fine across their range with an ohm meter. Wiring has not been compromised. No shorts or opens. The only thing I have left to check is the 3 way switch.
Could it be the culprit???
 
Sp8ctre said:
Not a bad pot...replaced with no luck. The bridge pot is acting like an on/off switch. There is no gradual increase or decrease in volume. The pup is
working, but very low output. The neck pup works fine alone, but gets drawn down when the bridge pup is also selected...both volumue pots read
fine across their range with an ohm meter. Wiring has not been compromised. No shorts or opens. The only thing I have left to check is the 3 way switch.
Could it be the culprit???
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It might be a problem with the switch or another component in the bridge pickup's signal path. I'd try wiring the pickup directly to the jack, with a long pair of wires, to see if it's actually the pickup itself that is faulty.
 
Robert Herndon said:
It might be a problem with the switch or another component in the bridge pickup's signal path. I'd try wiring the pickup directly to the jack, with a long pair of wires, to see if it's actually the pickup itself that is faulty.
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I was thinking of trying that, but ran out of time and frustration set in. No more guitar work until Monday...
 
I've been thinking about changing the wiring in my Derek Trucks SG to the 50s style. Is all that is really required to change where the capacitors are connected to the pots?

In essence: In the 50s wiring the caps go between the lower lug of the tone pot and the middle lug of the volume pot, where the volume pots are connected to the selector switch? And then the middle lugs of the tone pots are bent back and soldered to ground on the top of the tone pots themselves?
 
Gahr said:
I've been thinking about changing the wiring in my Derek Trucks SG to the 50s style. Is all that is really required to change where the capacitors are connected to the pots?

In essence: In the 50s wiring the caps go between the lower lug of the tone pot and the middle lug of the volume pot, where the volume pots are connected to the selector switch? And then the middle lugs of the tone pots are bent back and soldered to ground on the top of the tone pots themselves?
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I'll probably put in an order at Stewmac for something similar. .22uF ones.
 
There is also the modified modern wiring scheme that is an attemp to overcome the modern scheme's treble loss when turning the volume down, without the interaction between the volume & tone controls of the 50's scheme. Here's a diagramC__Data_Users_DefApps_AppData_INTERNETEXPLORER_Temp_Saved Images_wiringBlackRose(1).jpg
Cheers
 
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