Hi guys, I like to 50's wire my Les Paul's (mostly so I can dial down my neck for a brighter clean tone and go to dirty bridge with a switch flip). On my 5 Les Paul's I've always seen the tone cap in between the Volume and Tone pots, and so switching to 50's wiring has simply been me aping the many diagrams out there.
So I was very surprised and confused when my 1995 Orville by Gibson ES-175 had the tone cap connected to ground on the Tone pot! As I understand it, there's no disadvantage to this arrangement and its simply less traditional. So I thought I'd try adapting the usual 50's wiring diagrams to this setup. However, I'm pretty sure its still functioning as "modern" wiring (losing treble when turning down Volume). Its kind of a pain to pull the pots out of the f-holes, so I want to make sure I have it 100% right before I give it another try. Diagrams below... what did I do wrong?
So I was very surprised and confused when my 1995 Orville by Gibson ES-175 had the tone cap connected to ground on the Tone pot! As I understand it, there's no disadvantage to this arrangement and its simply less traditional. So I thought I'd try adapting the usual 50's wiring diagrams to this setup. However, I'm pretty sure its still functioning as "modern" wiring (losing treble when turning down Volume). Its kind of a pain to pull the pots out of the f-holes, so I want to make sure I have it 100% right before I give it another try. Diagrams below... what did I do wrong?
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