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  Jonesyblues Custom Shop Professional Guitar Wiring Upgrades
                     "Modern Approach to Vintage Tone"
"To guarantee the best quality products possible I inspect and test all the CTS pots and Oil filled tone caps when they arrive here at my shop.  Then all my pre-wired harnesses are thoroughly tested after I build them to make sure that everything is in 100% good working order prior to shipping them out to my customers. I reserve the right to repair, replace or refund if there is ever any problems with an order."  - Jonesy -
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Premium Ready To Drop In Guitar Wiring Harness Upgrades

Order Your Premium DIY "Do It Yourself" Wiring Kits Below With the Best 10% CTS Pots & Oil Filled Tone Caps!
Wanna build your own rig? I am once again offering the Premium DIY Wiring Kits and have upgraded them with the best 10% CTS550K pots from WD Music and new .022 Vitamin-T "Oil filled" Tone caps from Mojo Musical Supply. Order Your DIY Wiring kit below, they come as loose parts that you will need to assemble yourself. You will also need a 25-40 watt soldering iron, 60/40 rosin core solder, wire clippers, and some basic soldering skills to assemble one of these wiring harness or switch kits. I have a lot of installation information and wiring diagrams on other pages of this website, check them out when you have time. These DIY wiring kits normally ship out within 3-5 Business days. * The CTS pots have 3/8" diameter bushings and the 8mm holes in Import guitar bodies will have to be opened up slightly for the US sized pots to fit. See my DIY tips for more details.
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Choose Length of Pots for LP Pro + DIY Wiring Kit
$60.00 + S&H NEW LP Pro + Split Coil DIY Wiring kit. Comes with 2 of the best 10% CTS550K audio taper pots and 2 top quality DPDT Push Pull Pots with brass threads made in Korea, 2 Oil filled .022 Tone caps , red and black 22 awg stranded wire.. Works only with Humbuckers that have 4 conductor leads and allows you to split coils individually on each pickup. Will not work with pu's that have the vintage braided leads. Wiring diagram for 50's style wiring and split coils provided upon purchase. Available in short or long shaft version.
This DIY wiring kit can also be used to wire up the JP#1 version 3 harness that does out of phase and coil split. See wiring diagrams page for the layout.
BELOW: Short Shaft Version of the LP Pro + Dual Coil Split DIY Wiring kit. (Switchcraft switch and jack sold separately)

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Choose Length of Pots for JP #1 DIY Wiring Kit
NEW Jimmy Page #1 LZ DIY 50's style Wiring Kit, similar to the type of wiring that he used in his vintage #1 Les Paul. Comes with 3 of the best 10%550K CTS pots with custom taper, Oil filled .022 Tone caps and one Quality made push pull pot that does "Out of Phase" and gives you that "Oop" quacky type sound when the selector switch is in the middle and both pu's are on and push pull pot is pulled out. The Out of phase will work with vintage braided 2 conductor pu leads or can be wired for "Coil split" with humbuckers that have 4 conductor pvc coated pickup leads.
BELOW: Short shaft JP #1 DIY wiring kit, correct for Historic LP's R4-R9 and all Gibson LP's made before 1977. Current production Les Paul Customs, Standards, Studios, Classics and Traditionals would all need the Long shaft pots. (Choose option from drop down menu when ordering)
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 $30.00 + S&H: DIY Les Paul Junior wiring kit, comes with 2 of the best 10% CTS550K pots, .022 "Oil filled" tone cap, vintage style braided wire and a Switchcraft jack.

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$50.00 + S&H: DIY Short shaft 50's style LP Harness with the best 10% CTS550K pots & .022 "Oil filled" tone caps. Includes solid 18 awg ground busse wire for grounding the back of the pots.

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$55.00 + S&H: DIY Long shaft 50's style LP Harness with the best 10% CTS550K pots (550XL) &  .022 "Oil filled" tone caps. Includes solid 18awg ground busse wire for grounding the back of the pots.

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$30.00 + S&H: DIY Short Switchcraft Nickel 3 way toggle switch kit for LP, includes vintage braided Gibson style wire and Switchcraft mono output jack.

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$30.00 + S&H: DIY Long Nickel Switchcraft 3 way toggle switch kit for LP Custom, Nickel deep collar nut, vintage braided Gibson style wire and Switchcraft out put jack.
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$30.00 + S&H: DIY Long Gold Switchcraft 3 way toggle switch kit for LP Custom, Gold deep collar nut, vintage braided Gibson style wire and Switchcraft Gold out put jack.
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$80.00 DIY SG Wiring Kit contains 4 of the best 10% CTS550K pots, 2 of the .022  "Oil filled" tone caps, Switchcraft 3 way toggle switch and output jack, 22 awg wire.
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 $85.00 DIY 335 Wiring Kit, contains 4 of the best 10% CTS550K pots, 2 of the .022 "Oil filled" Tone caps, Switchcraft 3 way toggle switch and mono output, Vintage braided Gibson style wire and black tubing.
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$45.00 DIY Telecaster Wiring Kit, comes with 3 way CRL switch, 2 of the best 10% CTS250K solid shaft pots, Vitamin T .047 "Oil filled" tone cap, (.022 on request) Switchcraft output jack, vintage style cloth wire
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$50.00 DIY Esquire Wiring Kit with the Eldred mod, comes with 3 way CRL switch, 2 of the best 10% CTS250K solid shaft pots, modern .005 cocked wah setting, true tone bypass and volume and tone settings, Vintage AE .05 ceramic disc tone cap, Switchcraft output jack, vintage style cloth wire
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$30 DIY P-Bass Wiring Kit, contains 2 of the best 10% CTS250K solid shaft pots, vintage style cloth wire, ..022 or 047  "Oil filled" Tone cap,  Switchcraft output jack
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$35.00 DIY Jazz Bass Wiring Kit, comes with 3 of the best 10% CTS250K pots, .022 or  .047 "Oil filled" Tone cap, vintage style cloth wire, Switchcraft output jack.
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Choose 3 Way, 5 Way or 7 Way Switching Options
Choose Capacitor Options from menu below
 Stratocaster DIY Wiring Kit
$50 + S&H Stratocaster DIY Wiring kit, Choose from 3, 5, & 7 way switching options, CRL Switch made in USA, 3 of the best 10% CTS 250K pots, (2 CTS 250K & 1 push pull pot for 7 way switching option) Black & White Vintage style cloth push back 22 awg wire, Paper in Oil or Ceramic Disc Tone cap, Switchcraft output jack. Use the drop down menu to choose the options you want. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Flying V Wiring - Choose Control Layout Style
Type of Capacitor
$75 + S&H Complete DIY wiring Kit for Flying V, choose from 58' Korina or 67' Modern control layout. Includes Switchcraft right angle 3 way toggle switch, Switchcraft output jack, 3 of the best 10% short shaft CTS550K pots, your choice of .022 Oil filled Mojo T tone cap or Dime sized Vintage .02 Ceramic disc cap. 22 awg push back cloth covered wire.
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Choose Control Style
$65 + SH for the PRS SE DIY Kit includes Switchcraft 3 way toggle switch and output jack, 2 of the best 10% short shaft CTS 550K pots and .022 Mojo T Oil filled Tone cap and colored 22 awg wire pvc coated wire
$80 + S&H for the PRS Tremonti DIY wiring Kit. includes Switchcraft 3 way toggle switch and output jack with vintage braided wire, 4 of the best 10% short shaft CTS 550K pots, 2 of the .022 Mojo T Oil filled tone caps, 18 awg solid ground wire.
DIY or Do It Yourself kits contain all loose parts that need to be assembled so some basic soldering skills are needed. I have some easy to read wiring diagrams and other information here at this website to help you understand what a finished wiring harness should look like.
Click Here for Installation Tips and DIY  Instructional videos
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 Ever wonder what your epi, agile or other import guitar might sound like with better pickups and good quality electronics?
Click Here to Order your Pre-built Guitar Wiring Upgrades
BELOW VIDEO Clip: Epiphone Les Paul Custom With Full Pickup and Wiring Upgrades.
Check out the video and see what you think.
(MSP Master Series Phase Wiring & Sheptone BK Signature PAF set)
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Greetings from Indiana USA,
                               JonesyBlues Custom shop is a small one man shop where each wiring harness is built one at a time, by hand, by me for each individual customer after it is ordered. This is not a part time job or a hobby for me, it is a full time commitment and this is what I do for a living. I am very serious about Tone, and it is my passion. I do not stock pre-built wiring harnesses and build times are usually around 4 weeks depending on my work load. If you are a working Musician and need your wiring upgrades sooner, let me know I will see what I can do to keep you on schedule.

I started playing guitar and tinkering with Tone mods in 1978. Over the past 30+ years I have played in a lot of Rock & Blues bands and gigged out in clubs 2-3 nights a week. I currently build a variety of Custom wiring control upgrades with the best CTS Pots and Paper In Oil Tone Caps for Gibson, Fender and many other brands of guitars. If you need something special let me know, I would be glad to build a custom rig for your guitar. I am located in North Central Indiana and all my wiring harnesses are Made in USA with pride and commitment to the Best Tone possible.

What can you expect from your New Wiring Upgrades?

Depending on what you start with and what you upgrade to you may notice the following changes after installing new pots, caps and wiring....

1. Less Mud and more Overall Clarity
2. Your Volume and Tone controls will work and roll-off  like they should
3. 50's wiring is very user friendly with tube amps and retains the highs
4. Smoother overall Tone with less noise and hum
5. You will get the Best Tone from your pickups with quality wiring
6. Quieter trouble free switching, no cutting out or loss of output
7. No more crackling or humm from your output jack

Not all CTS500K pots are made the same and many read well below 500K, the better 10% CT550K that I use all read between 525K-565K and these pots will add a lot more clarity when used with humbuckers. The CTS550K also have a smooth custom taper.

If you switch from stock wiring to 50's wiring you will notice that the 50's wiring will retain the highs as you roll back the volume controls. Stock wiring is often muddy and requires treble bleeds to correct that problem, this is not an issue with 50's wiring. To my ears Oil Filled Tone caps have a warmer more vocal Tone compared to the stock Mylar or tiny ceramic disc caps.

If your original pots were getting scratchy sounding when you turn them, and cleaning them doesn't help the carbon track is probably wearing out. Replacing them with new CTS pots will take care of that problem. Is your 3 way toggle switch acting up and making noises or cutting out when you move it back and forth from neck to bridge to middle? A new Switchcraft 3 way toggle switch will give you years of trouble free operation and solve a lot of frustration at gigs.

If you are planning on keeping your guitar, and are serious about Tone then I think it is well worth the time and money it takes to upgrade your wiring controls. If your pickups are the "Motor" then your wiring controls are your "Transmission" and your amp is the "Drive Train" they all work together so any weak links in the chain will effect everything else.

Feel free to email me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com or call me at 1-574-249-8816 if you have any questions about placing an order.


Thanks and God Bless...
      


 Check out these links to some informative and sometimes controversial Tone threads on the "My Les Paul Forum"...

Tone Freaks

The Wiring Library

Peter Green Magnet Mod

Jonesyblues Custom Shop at MLP

 De-Bunking Myths About Capacitors

Guitar Grounding Common Misconceptions


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Thanks,
jonesy

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