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How to Guide - Fitting a 50's Style Pre-Wired Harness to an SG!

How to Guide - Fitting a 50's Style Pre-Wired Harness to an SG!

On-wards with my series of 'How to guides' showing the step-by-step process of installing one of my pre-wired guitar harnesses, this time for the iconic Gibson design, the SG. (Although this particular model is a Greco lawsuit era model, but let's not get into that too much eh!).
These models are great to work on in the sense that all of the electronics are accessible from a single control cavity, and you can even remove the pickups without taking off the strings too. So although the working space can feel a little cramped, the access to the control cavity is great and should make this a nice and simple 'how to' guide today.
14 March, 2020 by James P Gascoigne
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How to Guide - Fitting a 3-way Pre-Wired Harness to a Telecaster!

How to Guide - Fitting a 3-way Pre-Wired Harness to a Telecaster!

A very long overdue 'how to guide' post here today looking at the step by step process of install one of our Signature Series 3 way Telecaster wiring harnesses! Telecasters are an iconic modular design, making them very easy to work on, but I hope this guide helps you during your harness install if it is a new task to you. Here I will break down each and every step during the install process including removing the original wiring and installing your new harness. For this example, I will be retaining the original pickups but very similar steps would follow if you were to be installing new pickups and a harness at the same time. I will write a post about swapping pickups on a Telecaster in due course though too!
01 February, 2020 by James P Gascoigne
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New Signature Series wiring harness options

New Signature Series wiring harness options

I'm always striving to find ways to further improve my own products. Whether it's quality of components, personally improving my techniques used to make harnesses or offer a great range, it's all something I think about a lot and ensure I take in your words of praise and custom requests.
02 October, 2018 by James P Gascoigne
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How to Guide - Fitting a Pre-Wired Harness to a Stratocaster!

How to Guide - Fitting a Pre-Wired Harness to a Stratocaster!

With every pre-wired harness I ship out, I supply a handy fitting guide with tips and key points to follow to make the install go smoothly as well as a simple to follow wiring diagram. But, understandably of course, sometimes translating that info to the real world when the soldering iron is smoldering away can be a little daunting if you're not used to it. So I've wanted to create a step-by-step guide to fitting one of my Home of Tone pre-wired Stratocaster harnesses! 
23 August, 2018 by James P Gascoigne
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I want to replace my guitar's wiring, would it make a difference?

I want to replace my guitar's wiring, would it make a difference?

Replacing, or in some cases, upgrading your guitar's wiring may be a matter of necessity if there are niggling faults like faulty switches or noisy pots where no amount of cleaning has brought them back to life. But you may also have considered replacing it as a way of improving or modifying the guitar too. So the big question is of course, would it make any difference and would I see any improvement? That's ultimately what I'm hoping to address in this post! I'm looking to touch on the various aspects of guitar wiring components, what to look for and why it would, or wouldn't positively help the guitar in question sound it's best.
15 February, 2017 by James P Gascoigne
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