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charmcitysaints · 12-27-2008, 10:50 PM

so what is the "real" 50's wiring? in looking to change my wiring i have been doing tons of searches and have found conflicting sketches, pics and info.. sometime in the same article..

this claims to be the "real" 50's style wiring..

but that has that cap tied to the center lug on the tone control.. and then this pic is saying it is the "real" 50's wiring but tells you to move the cap from the center lug to the one where the ground was, and move the ground to the center lug.. and on the volume pot shows switching the input and output wires around..

then this one show not switching the input and out put wires around..

and then there is this.. from this thread Re-wiring Epi LP Standard

but it looks like the "modern" wiring depicted here..

god i am so confused... am i reading these incorrectly? can anyone shed some light on this?? which is the correct way?

i found this on the gibson site..

12-27-2008, 10:50 PM	#73 (permalink)
charmcitysaints Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Wiring Library so what is the "real" 50's wiring? in looking to change my wiring i have been doing tons of searches and have found conflicting sketches, pics and info.. sometime in the same article.. this claims to be the "real" 50's style wiring.. but that has that cap tied to the center lug on the tone control.. and then this pic is saying it is the "real" 50's wiring but tells you to move the cap from the center lug to the one where the ground was, and move the ground to the center lug.. and on the volume pot shows switching the input and output wires around.. then this one show not switching the input and out put wires around.. and then there is this.. from this thread Re-wiring Epi LP Standard but it looks like the "modern" wiring depicted here.. god i am so confused... am i reading these incorrectly? can anyone shed some light on this?? which is the correct way? i found this on the gibson site..