Gibson l6 s wiring schematic. Vintage 1966 gibson eb 0 electric bass guitar los angeles. Gibson l6 s wiring help theme. Wiring diagrams for gibson les paul and flying v. Hi there i bought a 197475 gibson l6 s off some bloke in our shop recently but someone had been messing with it.
That was in the late 70s. In contrast to the 250kohm. Gibson joe perry lp schematic gibson joe perry lp wiring gibson johnny smith gibson johnny smith double gibson l5ces supervces s400 es350 gibson l5 s gibson l5slow gibson l6 s gibson l6sdlx gibson l6swiring gibson landmark gibson landmark wiring gibson lp25 50 gibson johnny smith double gibson l5ces supervces s400 es350 gibson l5 s gibson. 2 demand gibson share schematics as a condition of buying from them.
See the last diagram that explains what that means. Gibson l6 s custom parts list. 3 if you have the schematic please share it. Theres no trade secrets in wiring just pride versus paranoia.
The original 1973 wiring plan for gibson ripper l9 s bass guitar. And found an actual wiring diagram as well as the schematic. Here are some images i fixed up to show the various wirings that ive noodled around with on my les pauls and flying vs. What you are doing is wiring the pickups in series and parallel.
Harmony central default harmony central alternate. Two dedicated volume controls and two dedicated tone controls. What about a blast from the past. Used on the ripper and l6 s six string in 1973.
I like it as much or better than my previous les pauls. It didnt have the original pickups in and i suspected the wiring was dodgy. Gibson l6 s custom schematic. I recently bagged a 74 or 75 gibson l6 s serial s are hard to date off the local craigslist for 550.
Thanks to the les paul forum for all the info ive gained from there and to black rose customs for including a diagram of their kit wiring on their website. Series means wiring the of the first pup you want in front to the switch patching the first pup to the second pup and wiring the second pup to the. How has it aged. I remember it being a slab of maple with pickups and the six way switch.
The tonal possibilities are almost endless if you know how to dial it in right and the tireless tinkerers among us have tried several ways of hooking up the pickups to the pots over the years. Simply put parallel wires the and of each pickup together. Other gibson pots were listed in gibson literature throughout the course of production summarised here. Control wiring image taken from a 1976 gibson l6 s customnote that all three potentiometers are gibson part 70029 300kohm.
50s vs modern les paul wiring a gibson les paul sg es 335 and many other guitars use a two pickupfour pot setup.