Which diagram for Les Paul

[pirate357]

Hey everyone. I'm wiring up a Les Paul guitar. It has two humbuckers, two volumes, two tones and a 3 way switch. I'm using two push/pull pots in order to have individual coil splitting on both pickups. The Seymour Duncan website gives this

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2h_2v_2t_3w_2pp

as the proper wiring diagram. However, I have seen other diagrams. I just wanted to confirm that the Seymour Duncan diagram is the right one for coil splitting both pickups individually on a Les Paul. Thanks.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Which diagram for Les Paul

Well, I'd be using .022 caps with humbuckers myself....or even lower values like .01 for the neck in particular....but this is a pretty good diagram. Remember too that there is a ground bus wire that is connected in a horseshoe shape on all the pot casings as well.

This diagram is what I'd call modern wiring....the tone circuit connects to the input of the volume pot (along with the hot lead of the pickup). Another option is simply to solder this wire to the middle lug, or the output of the volume pot. This helps keep treble from being lost as you turn the volume down.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Which diagram for Les Paul

Hey everyone. I'm wiring up a Les Paul guitar. It has two humbuckers, two volumes, two tones and a 3 way switch. I'm using two push/pull pots in order to have individual coil splitting on both pickups. The Seymour Duncan website gives this

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2h_2v_2t_3w_2pp

as the proper wiring diagram. However, I have seen other diagrams. I just wanted to confirm that the Seymour Duncan diagram is the right one for coil splitting both pickups individually on a Les Paul. Thanks.

The diagram you link to will work.

Other diagrams might cut out the other coil in the humbucker. That's a harmless change but it requires that the whole pickup gets wired in the other phase.

There are some diagrams that cut out one coil not by shortcutting it like this diagram does. They just dangle the coil you don't want in the air. That's probably not a good idea noise wise. Shortcutting it (both sides to ground) is the way to go.