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Gryphon · 12-26-2008, 03:12 PM

Just joined this forum to say thanks to all the contributors. Never knew that the 50s wiring was different from modern-day. My 91 LP Std has the Peter Green (magnet flip) mod already and I had some Orange Drop 0.015uF caps sitting around, and a new soldering workstation, so I set to work replacing the stock caps and changing the layout to 50s spec. I'm glad I did. The tone controls now give much more subtle changes, the treble is retained better when the vol is rolled off, and I'm a happy ex-lurker. The only thing I might change from this point on is the bridge pu cap value as the 0.015 I put in that position doesn't give much tone change at all; just enough to be worth having the control, but I can see why others use bigger caps in that position.

12-26-2008, 03:12 PM	#72 (permalink)
Gryphon Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Wiring Library Just joined this forum to say thanks to all the contributors. Never knew that the 50s wiring was different from modern-day. My 91 LP Std has the Peter Green (magnet flip) mod already and I had some Orange Drop 0.015uF caps sitting around, and a new soldering workstation, so I set to work replacing the stock caps and changing the layout to 50s spec. I'm glad I did. The tone controls now give much more subtle changes, the treble is retained better when the vol is rolled off, and I'm a happy ex-lurker. The only thing I might change from this point on is the bridge pu cap value as the 0.015 I put in that position doesn't give much tone change at all; just enough to be worth having the control, but I can see why others use bigger caps in that position.