Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Fantom

Fantom

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hey, I've done some searching, found some help but not an answer to what I've come up with. I have '14 LPJ and have ordered the Slash pickups, I also have the molex connectors and pins for the circuit board. now I've clued in that the Slash pu's are single conductor. I'm thinking I can use the molex connectors with just the hot wire and still solder the braided shield to the pot or see if I can get it to the ground pin on the connector. has anyone tried this and will it work?
thanks
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

I have an 2014 LPJ and was looking for the Slash set. Let us know how it sounds please.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

ya I will do that, still waiting for them to arrive. in the mean time I've emailed SD support to see if I can use the molex connectors still. if I don't hear back or get a response here telling me otherwise, I'm going to give it a try, seems like I'd be making the same connection so can't see why it wouldn't work.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

What are the part numbers for the Molex connectors and pins?

Before installing the Slash set, take some time to play with pickups height and pole screws. It made a huge improvement for me. But I still need more mids, the reason I'm looking for the Slash set (or Dimarzio 36th Anniversary).
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

SD support probably won't know the answer, the guys at Gibson would likely the better route. But they're probably just tell you that you need to buy their Quick Connect pickups.

Do any of Gibson's Quick Connect guitar come with single conductor pickup? If you copy the set up from there, you might get them to work. I have a feeling the PCB is going to want the 4 wire version, which you could also get from SD's Custom Shop.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

ya that's what I'm thinking SD support won't be much help but I'll probably try soldering the new lead to the hot leg on the pot and the braided shield to the back of the pot, hopefully that'll work, or maybe I should just cancel my order?
part numbers are:
connector 51021-0500
pin 50079-8100
the pics on the mouser site are different than what the actual part are, I have them in hand and they are the right parts.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Soldering might work, never heard of anyone soldering to the PCB though so I doubt it. Worth a shot though, then you can just exchange them with SD to get a 4 conductor version if they fall through.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

a guy on the gibson board has done what I'm thinkng of, soldering directly to the pot and says it worked great so I'll give it a try when the arrive and I'll report back. thanks for all the input
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Cool. I wasn't sure if Gibson had screwed around to prevent the pot from working with a solder.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

it might be worth replacing all the pots and everything and keeping all the original electronics in one piece if you ever decide to resell
 
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gibson175 said:
it might be worth replacing all the pots and everything and keeping all the original electronics in one piece if you ever decide to resell
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ya replacing everything is an idea for reselling it. I highly doubt I'll be selling it, I plan on pimping it out to exactly how I want it, custom paint and all. aside from that, an LPJ isn't a very expensive guitar anyways. I got an email back from Joey from SD support and he says the set up will work, I expected it would; just need the pickups now, 5 weeks and still waiting.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Since you will spend $200 on a Slash set and you plan to keep the guitar, I think it might be a good idea to invest $70 for new pots/caps/switch/jack. The Switchcraft swith is surprisingly cheap and the pcboard a bit restrictive if you want to experience with capacitors.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Yup. New pots. The LPJ uses the typical 300K volumes.

much easier than fiddling with the quick connect. I know cos I have the QC in my 2014 classic. But mine has 500k volumes otherwise I would have ripped it out right away.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

its not a matter of spending extra money or money i've already spent, it's more if i decide to change the pickups again down the road using the quick connect will be easy. also the 2014 LPJ's came with 500k pots, i'm not interested in coil splitting or anything like that; i've never changed pickups in a guitar before so i thought, why not. plus with the customizing i'll be doing the zebra pu's won't look as good as black.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Yep 2014 LPJ have 500K pots.
I want to do the same thing as you with my LPJ: buy the molex connectors for a Slash set (and my Demon) to do A/B test with '61 zebra, without touching anything else. But I don't want to do any soldering on the pcboard/pots.
 
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donaldr said:
Yep 2014 LPJ have 500K pots.
I want to do the same thing as you with my LPJ: buy the molex connectors for a Slash set (and my Demon) to do A/B test with '61 zebra, without touching anything else. But I don't want to do any soldering on the pcboard/pots.
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I don't think you're going to be able to do it without atleast soldering the braided shield to the back of the pot. it'll be easy enough to do and replace again if decided too.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Just to save you a LOT of time...
My Gibson LP Standard came with Burstbucker Pros (I think?) with those molex connectors. On the advice of the MyLesPaul guys, I swapped out the pots entirely for some new 500k pots. Apparently the ones on the PCB are 300k pots. Even with the stock Burstbuckers, the new pots helped things along considerably. The 300k pots made everything sound way too restrained and dark. The new 500k pots I installed brightened everything up. And crucially, the neck pickup which was previously just unusable mud with any sort of dirt was crystal clear.

So do yourself a favor, get some new pots and rewire the whole thing while you're doing the install anyway. Trust me, you will thank yourself later! If you are playing with pickups, maybe consider a Liberator (if they do them with long shafts?). I have Liberators in a couple of my Jacksons and they are a great little tool! I'm making full use of them!
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

2014 LPJ have 500K non-linear pots. They work well and the guitar is definitely not dark/restrained. In fact volumes and tones are working very well and not muddy at all.
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

Fantom said:
I don't think you're going to be able to do it without atleast soldering the braided shield to the back of the pot. it'll be easy enough to do and replace again if decided too.
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Would it be possible to solder a small piece of braided shield to the pot and put a pin on the other end that could be inserted in the molex connector?
 
Re: Slash SD Pickups in a 2014 Gibson LPJ, new solution?

donaldr said:
2014 LPJ have 500K non-linear pots. They work well and the guitar is definitely not dark/restrained. In fact volumes and tones are working very well and not muddy at all.
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I'll stand corrected.

But I would also highly recommend the SD Slash set! I just fitted them to my LP Standard and they're damned good!
 
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