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How to guide - Making your own 50s or modern style harness/loom (pots section)

How to guide - Making your own 50s or modern style harness/loom (pots section)

Let's dive right in, because we have already covered the tools and parts we'll need in the main article HERE.

You may be installing a pre-wired harness, but I thought it would be useful to show how to wire up a Les Paul pot harness from scratch as well. So if you have a pre-wired harness you can skip this stage, but if you're planning a re-wire from scratch please do read on!
26 March, 2021 by James P Gascoigne
Tags: fitting a les paul wiring harness Fitting CTS pots into Epiphone Les Paul how to fit a les paul harness How to make a les paul harness how to re-wire a les paul how to wire a les paul How to wire a Les Paul harness how to wire les paul pots Les Paul 50s wiring Les Paul Harness Les Paul Harnesses Les Paul long shaft or short shaft Les Paul long shaft pots Les Paul pots les paul short shaft pots Les Paul wiring les paul wiring guide Les Paul wiring harness Les Paul wiring install Les Paul wiring pots pre-wired les paul harness Re-wiring a les paul
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How to Guide - Les Paul Re-Wire Pt.2 Drilling out the pot mounting holes to suit CTS/imperial sized pots

How to Guide - Les Paul Re-Wire Pt.2 Drilling out the pot mounting holes to suit CTS/imperial sized pots

This may be a bit of daunting task for some, and rightly so, going at your guitar with a drill is an extreme measure! Although I have compiled this article as a helpful guide to demonstrate a method of doing this safely, I still highly recommend taking your guitar to a trusted local guitar tech. Have a read through this guide, have the correct tools and preparation and see if it's something you feel comfortable doing. Just remember to take care and remember this is your guitar! If you're at all not confident, your tech is absolutely there to help so no problem at all having them carry this out for you. 

With that said, I'll continue with the article and hope it helps whatever you're final plan of action. Let's dive right in, because we have already covered the tools we'll need in the main article HERE.
26 March, 2021 by James P Gascoigne
Tags: Drilling a les Paul for CTS pots Epiphone Les Paul pot hole drilling Epiphone Les Paul pot hole size Fitting CTS pots into Epiphone Les Paul How to safely drill the holes for pots in a Les Paul
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