50's Gibson/Strat wiring mod

[The Guitar]

i did a search and found a thread about this being posted every now and then, so i figure why not share it again. i got around to reading the July '09 Premier Guitar(great magazine by the way!) and ran across it. here it is;
Gibson '50s wiring Strat mod
definitely taking a look at the Prodigy II(when i get it) and my Squier Strat's wiring!

[confused597]

Got that mag too. Did the mod to my Strat and it's amazing! It's the tone I've been searching for and I love it. Gonna do the mod to my LP next.

[The Guitar]

just did it to the 20th anniversary strat. great!!

[Don]

This wiring scheme's gone mainstream!

[The Guitar]

its not mainstream till it hits Guitar World!

[Don]

True! It is a good scheme though. It's the first thing that I recommend when someone wants to install one of those horrible sounding treble bleed caps!

[The Guitar]

i don't believe i've run into those bleed caps. i'm looking forward to doing this to the Prodigy II.

[melody]

Good mod for a strat.. Try it you may like it and it's easily reversible if you don't.

[Dylan61]

So what is your opinion what it did to your Strat, reading the article it will make it sound brighter.

[DanD]

I recently wired my AmSe HT with 50s wiring and it is a definite improvement. Not that the guitar is brighter per se, but when I roll down the volume the tone does not change as drastically as it did previously.

Now I can actually roll down the volume without feeling the need to adjust the tone knobs. It really just maintains the tone setting when turning down the volume better than standard wiring.

It's the best nearly free mod I've come across.

[aclempoppi]

So Don, this is the route to go vs an R-C circuit, on the vol pot ? I've got the basic Lindy Fralin blender set-up. Hate to start messing with those connections unless there is a good reason. Just looking for an opinion. Art

[Don]

If you use a fuzz pedal and control the dirt with the guitar's volume control, this "'50s wiring" sounds much better than a treble bleed circuit.

[aclempoppi]

Thanks ! Actually it's straight into a BF amp or with a stand alone reverb unit.

[Don]

It's very inexpensive to experiment if you do the soldering yourself. You counld try a variety of treble bleed circuits as well as the '50s style wiring.