Les Paul 50’s style wiring harness upgrade - Best Parts USA CTS/RS GUITARCAP PIO

Les Paul 50’s style wiring harness upgrade - Best PARTS USA CTS/RS GuitarCap New Vintage Paper and Oil (Sosbro Part No. 034) 

This upgrade will not only provide you with improved ability to control your sound with better, custom spec quality pots, but you will also hear and feel the difference in your guitars amplified sound. This is the ideal way to improve and get the very best out of your guitar.

Most production guitars have been built using reasonable quality components (and in some cases inferior, cheap components) but if you want to get the very best out of your guitar, surely then manufacturers should be using the best quality parts available on the market. Upgrading your guitars electronics is a cost-effective way of vastly improving your guitar's sound and ability to shape your tone. 

1950s Les Paul wiring differs from modern wiring primarily in how the tone pots are connected to the volume pots. In 50s wiring, the tone pots are connected to the output of the volume pots, whereas in modern wiring, they are connected to the input of the volume pots. This difference impacts the interaction between the volume and tone controls, affecting the overall tone and how it changes when the volume is rolled back. 1950’s wiring will give you a brighter, more dynamic tone and more interactive controls.

This upgrade has been built using very high-quality components.

Components:

4 x CG CTS (USA) 500k Pots (Bridge Volume / Bridge Tone & Neck Volume & Neck Tone).

2 x New Vintage RS GuitarCap .022 Paper and Oil

Solid 20 AWG tinned wire

Each component has been tested prior to build.

More details on each of the components below.

Supplied with simple instructions how to install.

More details of parts used:

CTS Premium 500k CG Short Split Shaft Pot 5% + - Tolerance

These US pots have been made to custom specs for a high-end guitar parts supplier in the UK.  They feature a solid brass thread and shaft on a Bakelite base plate with a lower turning torque for the right balance between a smoother response and some resistance.

Features:

•             5% + - tolerance

•             Solid Brass thread and shaft

•             Bakelite base plate

•             Lowest turning torque offered by CTS for an easier smoother more responsive control.

•             Easy Solder

•             Stainless Steel Dress Washer and Nickel Plated lock washer and nuts

Specs:

•             24 spline

•             USA Imperial size

•             For 3/8” (9.5mm) hole

•             Length of threaded shaft ~ 9.5mm

•             Shaft diameter - 9.4mm

•             Base of pot diameter - 23.8mm

New Vintage RS GuitarCap .022 Paper and Oil

Manufactured to RS specs, these hand-made 100v caps have a rich vintage tone, while still retaining open top-end clarity. Hand-wound on 50's-era machines, the new RS Vintage GuitarCaps use vintage-correct Kraft paper, solid military-spec construction and tinned 20AWG leads for easy soldering

Solid 20awg tinned wire