Les Paul Custom 3 Pickup Wiring Diagram. Plus info on switches pots coil splitting and more. Guitar wiring diagrams for tons of different setups. This seems pretty simple i ve seen a couple of diagrams.
Les paul wiring diagram neck pickup bridge pickup wire from the treble connector on the switch solder outer braid to top of pot solder inner wire to middle lug bv pot bt. The gibson les paul circuit gives each pickup its own volume and tone control and now that we have the hot and the ground wire from each pickup we can wire them to the volume control the same as we would a single coil pickup. Sorry to bring back this old thread but could someone point me to the original wiring on a 50s 3 pickup custom les paul. 2 humbuckers 1 single coil.
Using the below 50s les paul wiring diagram install your pickup leads and toggle switch leads to the volume pots.
Make sure you pull the braid back far enough and solder the braid to the back of its respective. Solder your pickup s hot conductor to the pigtail inner conductor and solder your pickup s ground wire to the outer shield of the pigtail. Using the below 50s les paul wiring diagram install your pickup leads and toggle switch leads to the volume pots. I m looking for the correct wiring diagram for a 50s era 3 pickup custom. Guitar wiring diagrams for tons of different setups.