DrRawk917
First Lieutenant   Posts: 1 Registered: 5/25/2008 Status: Offline
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posted on 5/25/2008 at 20:26  |
Hello All:
I am a proud owner of a new Les Paul Studio Premium Plus Guitar. Upon
getting it home before even playing it I had a number of upgrades I wished
to carry out, almost all of which are completed. So far I have installed
Dunlop Strap Locks, Grover Locking Tuners, a Tone Pros System II Locking
Tune O Matic Superbridge with Graph Tech Saddles and a Tone Pros System II
Locking Stop Tail, I changed the creme plastic appointments on the guitar
to black because with the transparent black finish and gold hardware
everything just flowed better in black, installed black speed knobs like
you see on teh Custom models, and now I am in the process of installing my
favorite pickups the EMG ZW Set which is the 81 bridge/85 neck combo.
I am new to soldering but have practiced and feel I am ready to go. I
purchased a Weller 750 degree soldering iron, a sponge to clean the debris
off the iron, and Kester 44 Rosin Core Solder Wire which is 67% alloy
content.
My first question is regarding the soldering and is....
Should I get a hold of some electrical flux before I solder???
I know the rosin core solder already has flux in it so what would you
do??
Second question and this is where you Les Paul gurus come in is in regards
to the installation.
If you could bear with me and read the instructions here for the install of
these pickups into a Les Paul here's what it says once you are ready to
solder.....
1.) Solder the braid (shield) to the control casing and white wire to the
center terminal of each volume control. Set the red wires aside for now.
(This is in regard to the pickup cables. I understand this no problem!)
2.) Solder the red wire of the switch cable to the outside terminal of the
rhythm pickup volume control.
( I understand this step also)
3.) Solder the white wire of the switch cable to the outside terminal of
the bridge pickup volume control.
( I understand this step too!!)
4.) Solder the braid (shield) wire of the switch cable to the casing of the
rhythm pickup volume control.
STOP HERE!! 
I don't see what would be the braid (shield) for the pickup selector
switch. I have identified the following wires in this 5 conductor pickup
selector switch wire to solder as the following......
* Red Wire: To Rhythm Pickup Volume Control
* White Wire: To Bridge Pickup Volume Control
* Black Wire: To Green Wire Of Output Jack
There is still a green wire coming from the 5 conductor cable as well as a
yellow wire.
Are any of these the braid (shield) wire for the pickup selector switch and
if so which one or both?
Right now as it stands when the stock pickups were on there both this
yellow wire as well as the green wire were tinned together and soldered
together on the stock pot plate. Also the yellow wire jacket appears to be
much thicker than that of the red, white, green and black wires. In the EMG
install process into a Les Paul these wires are not accounted for. Is one
maybe not used here???   
The rest of the instructions go on to say the following......
5.) Solder the black wire of the switch cable to the green wire of the
output jack and cover the connection with the shrink tubing provided.
(I understand and see this!)
6.) Solder the black wire of the output jack to the casing of the rhythm
tone control.
(Got it!!) 
7.) There is a small black wire included with the system to ground the two
volume control casings together. Solder one end of this wire to the rhythm
pickup volume control casing and the other end to the bridge pickup volume
control casing.
(Got It!!)
8.) Solder the red wires of the pickups to the red wire of the battery
clip, cover the connection with the heat shrink tubing provided.
(Got it!!)
And that's all she wrote!!
Any help with this subject to a newbie do it yourselfer would be greatly
appreciated!!
Thanks:
Doug
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Guitar101
Moderator   Posts: 442 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 5/26/2008 at 11:03, Reply 1 |
You should of bought another guitar... doesn't make sense to buy a Gibson
Les Paul premium then alter the heck out of it. There not cheap.
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