y2julio Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Would appreciate some help with this conundrum. So I was looking at replacing the stock pickups on my Les Paul Studio with a pair of '57 Classics or Seymour Duncan Seth Lover's. I went to open the back plate to check the wiring and electronics and I see this. So I googled this and found out my guitar is equipped with quick connect, no soldering? great! but...then I started looking at Gibson's quick connect pickups and see that they all have a two wire configuration, which these have a 4 wire configuration. Would those work on this board? From what I looked, the 4 wire allows coil-tapping. If I get the two wired sets, I will lose that feature right? Other than ripping the whole entire thing out and getting the typical wiring harness (trying to keep this as much stock as possible), what are my options in pickup replacements for this guitar? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cú Chulainn Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 From what I looked, the 4 wire allows coil-tapping. I'm sure you meant coil-splitting which let's you play your humbucker in singlecoil mode? coil-tapping is something completely different however, as you suspected, getting a 2-conductor pickup won't let you split the humbucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2julio Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 I'm sure you meant coil-splitting which let's you play your humbucker in singlecoil mode? coil-tapping is something completely different however, as you suspected, getting a 2-conductor pickup won't let you split the humbucker. Yeah I meant coil-splitting lol I'm still a bit confused about those still. I've read a couple of threads online where people say that they come with an adapters that allow them to be used interchangeably with those QuickConnect boards set up with 4-conductor pickups while others that say they had to return them because it wasn't compatible with the socket on the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Yeah I meant coil-splitting lol I'm still a bit confused about those still. I've read a couple of threads online where people say that they come with an adapters that allow them to be used interchangeably with those QuickConnect boards set up with 4-conductor pickups while others that say they had to return them because it wasn't compatible with the socket on the board. I believe that Gibson makes 57's with the quick connect if you really want them. Quick connect pups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2julio Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 I believe that Gibson makes 57's with the quick connect if you really want them. Quick connect pups yeah but in the photo it's a two pin plug. The ones in my les paul currently are 5 pin plugs. That's why I wanted to know if they all come with adapters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 yeah but in the photo it's a two pin plug. The ones in my les paul currently are 5 pin plugs. That's why I wanted to know if they all come with adapters. I see what you mean. But not the Burstbuckers. But they do make 57's in four wire and they do make some 4-wire quick connect pickups. Just call some of the bigger stores about that. I would think that any four wire QC pup would accommodate splitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2julio Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 I see what you mean. But not the Burstbuckers. But they do make 57's in four wire and they do make some 4-wire quick connect pickups. Just call some of the bigger stores about that. I would think that any four wire QC pup would accommodate splitting. Guess I'll have to go to Guitar Center, hopefully they're not shrink wrapped closed and maybe they will let me take a look at the pickups before buying them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2julio Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Well I ended up buying them from Sweetwater after giving them a call. Here is what Gibson shows on their website, along with other online shops. Here is what the actual pickup looks like plus the adapter. Would make everyone's life easier, if they stopped using old stock photos from Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2julio Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 The picture might be too dark to notice but the end plug on the pickup is indeed a 5 pin plug which does allow me to continue using the push/pull pots for coil tapping since the current pickups on it were 5 pin plugs as well. That's why I was annoyed at gibson using an old and outdated picture to sell the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 The quick connect 'buckers look like whats in my Korean Joe Pass Eppy. I was going to swap them for some pups out of a '76 355. Too much work...so its still factory stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Would appreciate some help with this conundrum. So I was looking at replacing the stock pickups on my Les Paul Studio with a pair of '57 Classics or Seymour Duncan Seth Lover's. I went to open the back plate to check the wiring and electronics and I see this. So I googled this and found out my guitar is equipped with quick connect, no soldering? great! but...then I started looking at Gibson's quick connect pickups and see that they all have a two wire configuration, which these have a 4 wire configuration. Would those work on this board? From what I looked, the 4 wire allows coil-tapping. If I get the two wired sets, I will lose that feature right? Other than ripping the whole entire thing out and getting the typical wiring harness (trying to keep this as much stock as possible), what are my options in pickup replacements for this guitar? Thanks! I assumed that was what that wiring harness was, but unless your guitar with the circuit board came with push pull pots (which I assume it didn't cause it originally came with 2 conductor pups) you will need to install them and rewire the guitar to make it work. I had that same thing in my SG Std and I rippped it out when I put a set of Lindy Fralin's in. As shown in the picture, the guitar features a capacitor-tuned coil split and pickups with five pole terminals, four conductors and screen. So the pickup swap should work without any use of adaptors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2julio Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Yup. Swapped them out last week. Sounds wonderful and just what I wanted. Dont like these 490R/498Tpups but I'll be keeping them In case I sell this guitar in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Glad it worked and you are fine with the tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunDogAZ Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 <div><div>Reverse Quick-Connect adapters:</div><div><br></div><div>For anyone who may be interested I have made a few pairs of "reverse" quick-connect 4-conductor (5-wire) adapters. These work with Gibson quick-connect pickups, like the '57 Classics I have, and can be used to connect your quick-connect pickups to a conventional harness without having to clip off the ends of your quick-connect pups. Just connect your quick-connect plug into the adapter, and solder the adapter wires as you would normally (standard wiring, coil-tap, phase, series/parallel, etc).</div><div><br></div><div>I have them on ebay right now, but if you see this post loooong after the listing ends and are interested in a pair, just send me a message thru the forum. I can even make you a custom color-coded set to match your DiMarzio, Seymour Duncan, or other pickup manufacturer.</div><div><br></div><div>Thx</div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Thx,</div><div>SunDogAZ </div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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