Les Paul (guitar) Wiring - Quick Question

[Vic Winters]

My guitarist asked me to fix the loose connection in his Les Paul. I exposed the jack and only the live/white wire is still attached. There are two other wires coming from the sheathing that are not connected. A blue wire and a bare wire. My assumption is that one is ground and the other is from the bridge but I'm not sure. It's an older Deluxe, not sure of the year.

Any ideas?

[__HM__]

http://tinyurl.com/dgxbb4

[Vic Winters]

The link isn't working for me.

[line6man]

The link is not helpful in this case.

Is this a "stereo" jack, or a regular mono one?

I would suggest tracing down the wires to what they connect to in the control cavity.

[Vic Winters]

Standard mono.

[Darkstrike]

Originally Posted by Vic Winters

The link isn't working for me.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...ic=2h_2v_2t_3w

Thats what he posted, but I don't think it will help here.

[jworrellbass]

Why don't you just google les paul wiring, or go to stewmac.com, they will have it.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electron...ctions#details

[Darkstrike]

Sounds like they both should be soldered to the ground tab.

[Vic Winters]

Best I can tell it's a superfluous wire because it ends somewhere in the sheathing before it reaches the pots.

[korngold]

Do you have a pic of the cavity & the wires in question? Otherwise, maybe this will help:

http://ashbass.com/AshBassGuitar/Wir...ry-Gibson.html