50's or modern wiring?
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Re: 50's or modern wiring?
I have one of those Obsidian Wire 50s LP things for sale if anyone wants one for this kind of carry on
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Re: 50's or modern wiring?
I tried both, and settled on 50s for the neck and modern for the bridge pickup. On the latter I like the slight treble sweetening that turning down the volume adds, not so much on the neck.
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Re: 50's or modern wiring?
Fishing nylon eh, I always did the clear plastic tubing over the pots trick and you can feed it thru and remove the whole harness easily
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Re: 50's or modern wiring?
I recently re-wired my Ric with 50's wiring. Much better for my purposes.