pumpkin Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 mu husband took his guitar in to have the strap locks & pick guard put on... while he was talking to the guy, he told him he should rewire the guitar to open it up for better sound, he said a lot if people do it... Can someone explain please??? thanks yall! andcanwepleasementionhowmuchpumpkindeservesaniphoneforwhenhereadsyourreplies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I thought there was an app on the Iphone that could help you out, but since you don't have one I guess you get the information the 2nd best way... Opening up sounds like making changes with either the volume control and/or tone control usually by using different values on those controls and/or different capacitors. It's hard to say exactly what the guy at the store means by that phrase "open up for sound" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I can't believe that you don't have an iPhone yet.;) There are several different ways to rewire the LP...from the Peter Green mod, to vintage 50's wiring, to better pots, and different cap values...take a look at this... http://www.rsguitarworks.net/rsstore/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 oh yall are good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pumpkin Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 I thought there was an app on the Iphone that could help you out' date=' but since you don't have one I guess you get the information the 2nd best way... [/quote'] wellll..... HE has an iPhone... i do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Re-wire it with an iPhone adaptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 You still don't have an iPhone? Jeez, I bet it costs less than Les Paul guitar mods. And would probably go a long ways toward generating the spousal goodwill required for a major amp purchase... Years ago I bought a cheapo Danelectro with the stacked tone/volume controls. Loved it!!! I've found some confusion in terminology regarding the same sort of mod in a LP but I call it parallel wiring. This allows the neck controls and bridge controls to function completely independently. Set the volume/tone where you want for each neck - even rolling one volume all the way down. They wouldn't affect each other in any way. As it is now, if you select both pickups and turn one down it blocks the signal from the other. The coil splitting is always a great boost for versatility, but may not be possible with the pickups from the factory. If there's only two leads coming from the pickup, you're outta luck - gotta have four. There's a capacitor mod that's done to speed up the tone's effect when you turn it down to cut treble. Maybe your guy is doing this? Does he know what he's doing or is just charging you money for some made-up crap that you can't see? Anyhow, good luck with it. P.S., I wouldn't do ANYTHING to the guitar until you have a good tube amp. Hubby just might find all those 'problems' with his beautiful Les Paul seem to disappear..... Just sayin'..... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 He probably meant have it wired '50's style. Thats what I did. It makes the tone pots more useable, and also brightens up (just a tad) a darker sounding Les Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 You still don't have an iPhone?Jeez' date=' I bet it costs less than Les Paul guitar mods. And would probably go a long ways toward generating the spousal goodwill required for a major amp purchase... :- Years ago I bought a cheapo Danelectro with the stacked tone/volume controls. Loved it!!! I've found some confusion in terminology regarding the same sort of mod in a LP but I call it parallel wiring. This allows the neck controls and bridge controls to function completely independently. Set the volume/tone where you want for each neck - even rolling one volume all the way down. They wouldn't affect each other in any way. As it is now, if you select both pickups and turn one down it blocks the signal from the other. The coil splitting is always a great boost for versatility, but may not be possible with the pickups from the factory. If there's only two leads coming from the pickup, you're outta luck - gotta have four. There's a capacitor mod that's done to speed up the tone's effect when you turn it down to cut treble. Maybe your guy is doing this? Does he know what he's doing or is just charging you money for some made-up crap that you can't see? Anyhow, good luck with it. [b']P.S.,[/b] I wouldn't do ANYTHING to the guitar until you have a good tube amp. Hubby just might find all those 'problems' with his beautiful Les Paul seem to disappear..... Just sayin'..... :-) Bleh independent wiring. I had that, didnt like not being able to fully turn off the guitar. Yet I can't do that now anyways in the middle selection even back at stock. normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I usually keep the volume knob turned down on everything I own if it's not needed. I rarely use the neck pickup on my LP's so it stays on zero. Same with my other Gibsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 rewire the guitar to open it up for better sound Look at the wiring. Your husband's guitar is wired like this. The guy meant rewire it to this. Tell your husband that Tim recommends also replacing the pots & caps in that guitar to CTS pots and paper in oil caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Tell your husband that Tim recommends also replacing the pots & caps in that guitar to CTS pots and paper in oil caps. ^ Listen.... ^ :-) So, Tim... What exactly is "50's Style" doing here? I don't follow the diagram. On a Tele, it's skipping the tone pot. And is his guitar equipped with the new PCB like the 2008 Standard (and pretty much everything else now....)??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRom Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The capacitor has changed from going to the center lug to an outer lug, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwness Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I had a post on here a while back lost know in the melt down.. It was of a mod I on a guitar one of my students was buying. Long story short the shop put stock gibson wiring back and I put it in one of my Standards. I have been tracking it down to see what it is. It works great. Volume is not on or off you can gradually go from one to ten the way I always thought it should work. It's the same with the tone. In the middle position you can adjust tone on either pickup they are individual and same with the volume.. I', to pull it out and try it the SG to see if it has the same results there. If so I be verifing thet parts and put it in all my guitars. The guitar that had the mod was purchased in Nashville so I'm trying to get a hold of the guy who has since started his on shop to find out what was used or order it from him. I'm getting such a wide spectrum of sound in the middle position it's great. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwness Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 The capacitor has changed from going to the center lug to an outer lug' date=' basically.[/quote']It also has the tone controls going to the switch instead of the pickup on the volume control also. CW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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