Thank you, great and well explained video. Sounds like you saved me alot of headache and hum ; )

Thank you..

Does anyone have the same diagram but with a 5-way toggle switch?

Hey good afternoon, how r u? what's the difference in sharing a capacitor between two pots compare to two separate capacitors?

? I used new pickups, new CTS pots and new orange drop capacitors, and wired it 50s style. I only get sound when the volume is up all the way and then only very low sound. Same on both. I have checked the grounding, pickups, capacitors with a multi meter. Would you have any thoughts on this? Thank you.

Great video and thank you for sharing. I am working on one of my guitars today and will be using your method.

Clever, but this is going down the path of diminishing returns. Passive tone control can only go so far. To be serious, one need a built-in 3-channel lo-med-hi active bandpass filter.

The switch on an aging guitar can get twitchy. That's embarrassing onstage. The new switch purchased online looks a bit different, so thanks for the tutorial.

Do you have a link to the video you made for "indipendant" bridge tone control (middle wide open)?

Wow You saved me !!!! My guitar sounds amazing now!!! I looked at diagrams and was afraid to proceed because they had wires and grounds on different ones of the 3 outs of the 2 Tone pots … i was confused

Made sense when you showed it. Other people couldn't explain it well enough

Thanks so much. Excellently described and illustrated. No confusion. Just what I was looking for :)

I have an HSS (auto split mod position #2) with the tone knob closest to the volume assigned to both the neck and middle pickups. The bridge pickup gets its own tone knob-the one closest to output jack. I don’t want to misquote you. I was understanding you saying you can’t have two pickups and one tone knob with an HSS autosplit mod/position #2, but actually you CAN. I have an HSS with that mod and specifics. Or were you saying that with your particular preference or for the purposes of your diagram, you can’t have two pickups and one tone knob with your your particular diagram?

Middle position with chorus is heavenly. Would love an es 335 with these pickups.

I am assuming that in this diagram, you are using a rotory type of 5 way switch. How do I use this same procedure using a inline type of 5 way switch such as in a Ibanez rg series, ( hsh with emg hz pickups & a inline 5 way switch)?

This video is 10 years old and yet still the best one on this topic. Thank you. 🙏

Thank you, clear and precise instructions, is just what the doctor ordered....

what capacitor should I use? is there any value that i should get or any capacitor

At 4mins 53 seconds Don has been kind enough to show us the quickest, neatest and for some reason less harsh sounding version of the Original " 50s" wiring that most electrics used back then. If you can find a nice big yellow paper in oil capacitor ( Jensen .1uf) the Guitars tone becomes more percussive with a natural compression. If you are happy with the sound the way it is then leave it alone.

Would it be hard to set up the blend knob instead of the tone for the bridge?

man, I want someone to do this to my squire

Thanks very much for your DIY video!❤ Very well thought out step-by-step instructions and drawings. I wired my Seymour Duncan Everything Axe pickups. The mod works extremely well. What a step up! For the first time, my Strat is sounding like one. I also like your choice of capacitors for this mod. The change of tones are just right for me.

does anyone have a video for doing this for the hss?

Thank you! worked flawlessly

Thanks 🙏 clear and helpful. The best explanation ever seen

Ok question. A1-3 b1-3 were did L come in

if i did this with an hss guitar would it still work with the 7 way mod and stuff?

Great video. Nice straight forward presentation and easy to understand. Thank you.

thanks Don, just finished this mod, all good . did a Gilmour mod switch as well. checked out prices for the West Coast plate ,tooo expensive for post to Australia so made my own out of a CD rom case.

You'd think that someone like Fender, Seymour Duncan or any of the other big name brands would have easy access to a wiring schematic like this. Nope. Searched for hours - then jumped to KZfaq and found this in 5 seconds. You have a new subscriber now for sure - this is exactly what I (we all) need!

I prefer 50's style. Love having more treble when the volume is turned down. 50's is just better. My Les paul was indeed wired modern when I bought it. From what I understood, they stopped wiring them Vintage 50's because of the effect it has on the Volume/Tone relationship which in the 50's version is more interactive. Luckily I don't even really use the tone at all and it's always on full/bright.

Hi, great video, Is the same for hsh Guitar? Thanks

*GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR@! NOT EVERYONE HAS STRATS! I have a vintage 1991 RG550 professional deluxe, with a standard Vol/Tone Master and HSH with a "IMPORT 5 WAY SWITCH" I have a new import switch and a regular 5 way strat style... I had to replace all pickups and the switch... THERE IF PHUCK ALL NOTHING OUT HERE FOR US!*

*I CANT TAKE IT ANY MORE! IM IN ARKANSAS, ALREADY HAD 2 LUTHEIR SCREW MY GUITAR UP BAD! I HAD TO BUY NEW PICKS ETC...... I ONLY HAVE (x1) on/on TOGGLE SWITCH for splitting the neck pickup. I thought I had it figured and it ws working but then my pickups went MICROPHONIC and middle position cuts out. How do I change this diagram to reflect (x)1 on/on toggle?* #NOTE I have a regular 5 way switch and I have the (5H) replacement for a 1991 Ibanez RG550.

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Thank you so much for this video. 7 years later and it's still proving useful. Just wired up my tele using this method and I'm absolutely loving it.

I follow 50s every step and still not workingg i dont know whyy

Mine is not working

What about a two pickup guitar with two volume and two tone controls?

Hi there 👋thank you so much for your work, it's so easy to follow along! Everything seems to work fine, but the volume in position 2 is much lower than other positions. Is it expected? Can it be a soldering issue or is it rather pickup related? Second "problem", the hum with single coils really disappear only when touching the strings or any metallic part (bridge, jack socket, knobs). Do I have a ground issue, or is it just normal with single coils, I don't have much experience with this kind of pickups. Thank you to any good soul who'll see this and help! 😀

Can outputs be used as inputs? Ie reverse signal flow direction? "A" would be clean, "B" might have an EQ, compressor, pitch shift, and maybe a reverb Guitar>ABY (Box1) input >ABY-A signal output = Clean signal >ABY-B signal output = FX signal Reversed ABY (Box2) A input >ABY-A intput = Clean signal >ABY-B input = FX processed signal In ABY Box 2 the clean and processed signals are mixed together into a mixed signal that is sent downstream to the amplifier input. The goal is to blend a combined (clean and dirty) sound signal to the amplifier input. The signal is furrher processed via amplifier's preamp tone stack and whatever onboard effects there may be, and sent to the amp's output stage.

I finally understand the 5 way switch thanks so much

Thank you

Glad I found this video. Recently added a KS to my tele build and it turned my entire guitar into a microphone. Hoping this fixes my issue.

For me it’s the quick volume roll off in one of my Les Paul’s that has 50’s wiring. I tried a treble bleed and it helps me get a better range on my volume pot.

Hi Don, I have a HH + 3-way toggle + 1 - Vol pot. I have a Bill Lawrence L500XL ( bridge - 4 wire) & a Duncan ‘59( Neck classic 2 wire), I wanted to split the neck HB with a push-pull volume pot - flick the 3-way toggle up, pull out the push-pull volume pot and have only one of the coils of the neck pickup working, is this possible ? I would want a treble bleed on the push-pull too. If you could help me out, that’d be greatly appreciated. Ty

Is there a way to use two led's? Say 1 green for play , and 1 red for tune ?

Thank you for the video. I really can't bring myself to solder to the back case of a pot in an effort to form a ground circuit. I would rather use a central single point ground with a terminal lug soldering strip and use bus wire and Teflon sleeving to form my grounds. My Les Paul (1976) has a two terminal lug soldering strip riveted to the pot plate as came from the factory, with the riveted position as the single point ground.

the 'tone master' is Tony Iommi listen to BLACK SABBATHs albums after Master of Reality ! I have never heard those tones done since ! Iommi is the tone master

I am a professional musician Tony Iommi has the same 'tone' It is so much more cumbersome trying to get this 'magic' tone on Gibson style 'double coils' It just makes it unnecessarily difficult don't think I know ? Black Sabbath's first two albums ? done on a Gibson SG with single coil P90s ok I'll tell ya ! 'neck & bridge's OUT OF PHASE you're welcome NIGEL here, rock on