need wiring tips for LPDC standard

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RobD

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Getting ready to install a set of Seth Lover pups in my LPDC std. I ordered 4 conductor wiring for coil splitting. I'm a little (OK, alot) confused about the connections. Can I use a push/pull pot on the tone control and use it to split both pups?
Also, the schematics from Gibson for this model show a 300k vol. pot and a 500k tone pot with a .022 cap on the tone control. (1 vol. 1 tone on LPDC) The cap is on the middle lug. The vol. pot has the middle lug grounded. Should I keep this kind of set up or change to something else? I know there is a lot of discussion about wiring schemes here. I'm feeling kind of overwelmed. RD.
 
Re: need wiring tips for LPDC standard

I'd use ALL 500K pots. You can use one push/pull pot to switch both pickups to single coils as long as it is a DP/DT switch on the pot. But personally, I'd change both tone controls to push/pull 500K pots so I could switch the two pickups independently and be able to combine a full humbucker bridge pickup with the neck split...or vice versa. If your stock tone caps are cheap disc caps I'd change them to .02 Sprague Orange Drop caps. And I'd copy the same basic wiring of the tone control, but instead of attaching the tone cap to the usual terminal on the volume pot I'd connect it to the middle terminal: the 50's mod. Helps retain highs when you turn down the volume control. I'll bet there's a schematic for this in the VAULT.

Take a look.
 
Re: need wiring tips for LPDC standard

Lew, the LPDC has only a master vol. and master tone. I guess independent splitting is not possible, unless I add a push/pull to the vol. control. Correct?
The schem. I have shows no cap on the vol. only the tone. Thanks, RD.
 
Re: need wiring tips for LPDC standard

Yes, you could replace both your volume and tone controls with push/pull 500K pots. If your tone control has the cap mounted to the back of the pot that's fine...just connect the wire leading to the input of the tone control to the output jack or to the wire on the switch leading to the output jack. That's how Hamer does it. Lew
 
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