Jimmy Page Les Paul Wiring
Pre-Wire Control Pots and Output Jack
Signal Ground Wiring
- Signal ground wiring (use 22 AWG stranded black wire)
- Solder .047 capacitor to bridge tone pot lug 2
- Tin legs
- Insulate legs
- strip a ½” piece of insulation off of an extra piece of 20 AWG wire
- slide insulation over capacitor leg.
- Solder one leg of capacitor to bridge tone pot lug 2
- Solder other leg of the capacitor to bridge tone push/pull switch lug F
- Solder .047 capacitor to neck tone pot lug 2
- Tin legs
- Insulate legs
- strip a ½” piece of insulation off of an extra piece of 20 AWG wire
- slide insulation over capacitor leg.
- Solder one leg of the capacitor to neck tone pot lug 2
- Solder neck tone capacitor to neck tone push/pull switch lug D
- Solder wire from bridge volume pot lug 3 to neck volume pot lug 3
- Solder wire from neck volume pot lug 3 to neck tone push/pull switch lug D
- Solder wire from neck tone push/pull switch lug D to bridge tone push/pull switch lug A
- Solder wire from bridge tone push/pull switch lug A to output jack ground
- Tin both lugs of output jack
- Solder wire to ground lug (inner, circular portion or the lug)
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Bob Pittman
Brookline, MA
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article
01.01.2009
- Introduction to Jimmy Page Les Paul Wiring
Preventing Ground Loops
Getting Ready, Tools, Parts
Pre-Wiring: The Workboard
Pre-Wiring: Prep the Pots
Pre-Wiring: Pots and Output Jack & Signal Wiring
Pre-Wiring: Signal Ground Wiring Wiring
Pre-Wiring: Three-Way Switch
Shielding the Guitar Control Cavities
Install Switch, Pickups and Pot Assembly
Wire the Switch & Chassis/Mechanical Grounds
Wire the Output Jack & Pickups
Testing Your Work
- Introduction to Jimmy Page Les Paul Wiring
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