Miek
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Some of you might've caught that I've got a beat to hell Les Paul Recording ( http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/2399809-post60.html ) and it demands restoration. One of the things I know I have to have a luthier look at as soon as I begin throwing money at it is a big crack on the ass of the guitar. An ass crack, if you will.
What I'm here for, though, is some questions about the electronics. I'm not looking to ask how to wire it (given I haven't even found a wiring diagram for it [and I can't read them anyway]), but I DO want to ask if it's possible to restore the wiring just by looking at how it is arranged, assuming it's relatively intact?
I just hope the wiring is stock and wasn't modified by my pops.
Next, about the pickups. If you're not familiar with them, they're basically a low impedance design intended, along with the EQ system on-board, to plug directly into a PA system. When playing with a traditional guitar amplifier, you're supposed to some kind of impedance adapter plug at the end of your cable, and in the absence of that, the apparently shitty onboard impedance switch.
What I've gathered about the pickups is that in the model I have, the pickups are basically two coils stacked on top of each other. I don't know if they're wired to act like a humbucker or anything.
I'm not quite sure of the method to test if the pickups actually sill work, if they do, great. If, in the extremely unlikely case they don't, does anyone know if it's possible to open them and re-wind them? They seem to be sealed with epoxy or something.
IF I am able to restore it to original functionality (and perhaps improve the supposedly shitty impedance switcher?) I'm also going to need something relatively minor: properly labeled tophat knobs. "volume" and "tone" just aren't as charming as "bass" and "treble". Anyone got a source on that?
Now, if anyone's read through my poorly organized questions, a prize!
Behold! Science!
What I'm here for, though, is some questions about the electronics. I'm not looking to ask how to wire it (given I haven't even found a wiring diagram for it [and I can't read them anyway]), but I DO want to ask if it's possible to restore the wiring just by looking at how it is arranged, assuming it's relatively intact?
I just hope the wiring is stock and wasn't modified by my pops.
Next, about the pickups. If you're not familiar with them, they're basically a low impedance design intended, along with the EQ system on-board, to plug directly into a PA system. When playing with a traditional guitar amplifier, you're supposed to some kind of impedance adapter plug at the end of your cable, and in the absence of that, the apparently shitty onboard impedance switch.
What I've gathered about the pickups is that in the model I have, the pickups are basically two coils stacked on top of each other. I don't know if they're wired to act like a humbucker or anything.
I'm not quite sure of the method to test if the pickups actually sill work, if they do, great. If, in the extremely unlikely case they don't, does anyone know if it's possible to open them and re-wind them? They seem to be sealed with epoxy or something.
IF I am able to restore it to original functionality (and perhaps improve the supposedly shitty impedance switcher?) I'm also going to need something relatively minor: properly labeled tophat knobs. "volume" and "tone" just aren't as charming as "bass" and "treble". Anyone got a source on that?
Now, if anyone's read through my poorly organized questions, a prize!
Behold! Science!
