Tim Z
Active member
Hope you guys don't mind some more questions about my newly acquired 1981 Tokai LS-80. As I suspected might be the case, these guitars came with linear taper pots, which I really dislike in any guitar. So today I took the back off to see the pots and wiring, and see this circuit board in there, which is going to make swapping out the pots a bit more cumbersome. Here's a shot of the pots and wiring in this guitar.
So is this the stock wiring and how they wired them back then? I have seen dozens of Gibsons, and have never seen any guitars wired with a board like this in there. Is there any reason for me to keep this board in there when I swap out the pots for Audio Tapers, and not just wire it like any normal Les Paul?
With regards to the pots, am I going to have any issues with the new pots fitting through the holes on the guitar, since these are probably all metric pots? My plan is to swap them out with four 500k Audio Tapers.
Much appreciated
So is this the stock wiring and how they wired them back then? I have seen dozens of Gibsons, and have never seen any guitars wired with a board like this in there. Is there any reason for me to keep this board in there when I swap out the pots for Audio Tapers, and not just wire it like any normal Les Paul?
With regards to the pots, am I going to have any issues with the new pots fitting through the holes on the guitar, since these are probably all metric pots? My plan is to swap them out with four 500k Audio Tapers.
Much appreciated