Question about this 50's style Les Paul wiring

357mag

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The CTS wiring harness I have for my Les Paul is known as a 50's style. I'm wondering if I have to use a certain way to attach the wires coming from the switch and the output jack to this wiring harness that is also 50's style? Or are these two connections unchanged regardless of what style wiring you are working with?
 
Re: Question about this 50's style Les Paul wiring

Wiring from switch and pickups is the same ...
The differences are how the caps connect between tone and volume pots and, accordingly, which legs of the tone pots are grounded.

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Re: Question about this 50's style Les Paul wiring

I finished the project. Have not tried my guitar with strings attached yet but when I plugged it in and touched a screwdriver to the bridge pickup it seemed OK.
 
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