Gibson Quick Connect Plugs - Molex and Mouser Part Numbers HERE

[cooljuk]

This comes up regularly. I've shared these part numbers in response to several other threads but thought I'd just post them right here so folks can more easily find them in a search.

Here are the Molex and Mouser part numbers, along with corresponding photos, for the two common Quick Connect plugs that Gibson uses:

Here is the correct crimp tool and die for these:

Personally, I think continuing to use these limiting types of connections is unwise. They are far from universal. On push/pull pot equipped Gibsons, even the neck and bridge pickups are not interchangeable with each other, as they are built with reverse electrical and magnetic polarity (to maintain hum canceling in the middle position with both pickups in single-coil-mode). My recommendation is to abandon these option limiting plugs and the option limited PCBs they attach to.

If you can't solder, learning to solder is easier and far more valuable of a skill to a musician than learning to crimp these tiny pins. Soldering irons are also generally less expensive than this crimper and die.

That said, if you feel you must use these connections for some reason, above is the needed info to do so. I use them for repairs when I have to, but it's not my preference.

 

[Curious George]

Is there anything that James doesn't know?? (about pickups that is).

 

[matthew bear]

That's fantastic info James! my 2018 RD has the circuit board electronics, and though I plan to just gut it it's nice to know I could do this as well.

 

[cooljuk]

Is there anything that James doesn't know?? (about pickups that is).

Plenty. Gibson always surprises me. Whenever I think I have a solid handle on how Gibson did things, I'm always humbled to find something completely bizarre in the next one I open up.

 

[Jim85IROC]

Digging this back up from the dead. Does anybody (Cooljuk?) know if the Epiphone pickup plugs are the same as the White Molex plugs shown above? Those white Molex plugs above are part of their PicoBlade collection, which based on what I've been looking at, doesn't look the same as the connectors on the Epi 5-wire pickups.

Here's a pic of the Epi-style plugs from somebody on Reverb selling them:

The male side with the sockets that Cooljuk posted above looks pretty similar/same, but when I dug into the female side with the pins, the connectors in that series don't look anything like what Epiphone has on the pots, so I'm not convinced that they're the same series. Does anybody know what the actual connectors are in that Reverb pic I posted are? I don't want to buy those because for one they're way too expensive for what they are, and more importantly, because I want to make my own to a very specific length. I'm planning to put some Epi pickups & wiring into a semi hollowbody, so I want my wiring to be a very specific length/path, so I'm going to need to make my own custom length cable.

Thanks

 

[cooljuk]

You're going to put a PCB in a hollowbody?

Buying into a new system of connections and a crimping tool to just do one guitar probably isn't wise, in any case. Lopping those connectors off the pickups and fire up a soldering iron would almost certainly be better in at least a half dozen different ways.

 

[Jim85IROC]

You're going to put a PCB in a hollowbody?

Buying into a new system of connections and a crimping tool to just do one guitar probably isn't wise, in any case. Lopping those connectors off the pickups and fire up a soldering iron would almost certainly be better in at least a half dozen different ways.

I already have the crimping tool, and I'm familiar with the process. My end goal is to create extender cables (male connector on one end, female on the other). Extending the pickup wire length manually via soldering extensions in is certainly an option, and will probably be the path I'll have to take since I still can't find info on what these connectors are. They aren't the same as the Molex or the JST plugs that I'm familiar with.

 

[moomintroll88]

One of my Epiphone ES339 Alnico Pro pickups died on me recently and I've been looking for the same information for a while so I can plug-in a replacement pickup. I emailed Epiphone customer support but they were no help whatsoever so I've been browsing through electronic catalogues ever since.
I think the parts you want are from the WR-WTB 2.50 mm “J” Type connector family made by Wurth Elektronik and available in the UK in small quantities from RS

The specific parts numbers you need are 688005113322 (for the 5-way female connector housing), 68800511622 for the matching vertical PCB header and 64600113722DEC for the crimp terminals.
I've bought a set of 5 and they seem to match the Epiphone connectors, although I haven't wired them up yet.
Hope this helps you and anyone else searching for this info.

 

[SebastianL]

@moomintroll88 you made my day!

I can confirm that the Wurth connectors with RS part numbers 688005113322 and 68800511622 are compatible Epiphone Quick Connect Plugs. I bought a bunch of them myself and they are a perfect match. I’ve been searching all over the internet, so thanks a lot for the tip.