dunnoaname Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 I want to rewire my ES-345 to mono without varitone, but I encountered something unexpected when opening it up. The bridge pickup cavity contains two rectangular metal objects that are held in place by a screw and hooked up to the pickups. What are these, and should I keep them in the wiring? Here's a pic: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 They are chokes, part of the varitone circuit. The same choke that is used in the baritone circuit on an EB-2 & an EB-3 bass. I was unaware that two of them were used in the ES-345-355..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaicho8888 Posted February 27, 2018 Report Share Posted February 27, 2018 Yeah...that is the inductive load one for each pickup (stereo wiring) used with the capacitors and resistors on the 6 position selector switch (varitone). ES-345 wiring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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