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Which aftermarket wiring harness for a Casino?


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I'm going to replace the wiring harness for my Casino. was wondering what others have used? Looking for something pre-wired, thats good quality. I found this harness through Mojotone. It's pricey, but nice components: http://www.mojotone.com/guitar-parts/ES-335-Wiring-Kits/Pre-Wired-ES-335-Style-PREMIUM-Wiring-Kit#.VNL7x74-ATN

 

Anyone have any other recommendations? Thanks!

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I bought a harness for my Sheraton from these guys;

http://www.siglermusiconline.com/collections/control-plates-and-wiring-harnesses

 

Their pricing is good as is the quality of their work. I have bought several pickguard assemeblies from them as well. That said, I did have a bit of a problem with the harness fitting on to my Sheraton. It seems they used a Gibson 335 template where as the Epi Sheraton pot positions did not match. I had to do some re-wiring. These guys are very fair and will work with you. I would suggest calling them. If I were you I would make a cardboard template of the pot, switch and jack locations and send it to them. They will work with you.

God luck!

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Got a custom harness from Jersey Shore Guitar Garage. I went with the "Jimmy Page" wiring so I'd have total tonal flexibility.

 

Excellent quality (he offers 2 levels - 1 for imports & the top of the line). He offered push/pull or push/push pots and a "soft harness" so it was a guaranteed fit (mine went into a 335/Sherry style kit guitar I built and he had no template or measurements for it).

 

Did a first rate job, but his turn-around time was a little over a month, so if you're in a hurry, I'd call before I ordered again.

 

And just a heads up, rewiring a Casino/335/Sherry is a royal P.I.T.A.

 

There are several youtube videos on the topic with tips to make the job a little easier. If you've never done the work yourself before, I'd DEFINITELY check a few of them out before you start. It'll save you a LOT of frustration.

 

Good Luck!

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I also used BCS for the harness in my casino and will heartily endorse their product. Further it was noted what a pain in the A** this is to do, that is an understatement. There was a very helpful soul on this site that offered up a suggestion of using tubing on the pots to pull them back up through their respective holes rather than string or wire etc...I have to say that this suggestion was a godsend as I had to pull the harness back out of mine twice before I got them in correctly without breaking a solder joint man handling them in there. I posted up a full build thread on here (in the epiphone lounge if I am not mistaken) the name of the thread is buffalo bob's casino over haul. I would further suggest that if you go through all the work you propose, that changing the pickups while you are at it is more than worthwile....

Have fun with this man, Since the project last year my casino went from a wall hanger to one I play almost everyday...

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Got a custom harness from Jersey Shore Guitar Garage. I went with the "Jimmy Page" wiring so I'd have total tonal flexibility.

 

Excellent quality (he offers 2 levels - 1 for imports & the top of the line). He offered push/pull or push/push pots and a "soft harness" so it was a guaranteed fit (mine went into a 335/Sherry style kit guitar I built and he had no template or measurements for it).

 

Did a first rate job, but his turn-around time was a little over a month, so if you're in a hurry, I'd call before I ordered again.

 

And just a heads up, rewiring a Casino/335/Sherry is a royal P.I.T.A.

 

There are several youtube videos on the topic with tips to make the job a little easier. If you've never done the work yourself before, I'd DEFINITELY check a few of them out before you start. It'll save you a LOT of frustration.

 

Good Luck!

I wish I would have read this before I order two harness's from Jersey Shore. Their website says 14 days, After I ordered an paid, they told me it would be 20 days, and now it has been 22 days and still nothing. I ordered the 50's style with Sprauge Vitamin Q caps. I am really hoping it is worth the wait.

 

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Further it was noted what a pain in the A** this is to do, that is an understatement.

Can't help with suggestions on which harness because my Casino is an Elitist with no need to change things out, but search YouTube for examples on how to do this. It'll be time well spent, learning not only do's, but "don'ts" if you get my drift. As noted, it's a real PITA.

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