Whatever your motive is for replacing the PCB setup in your Gibson guitar. You should know that it can be somewhat problematic if you miss one key detail.
Swapping out a Gibson PCB setup for a handwired kit
Gibson changed their standard color code in the bridge pickup!
Now before you yell at them for doing that, it was a smart design choice. Basically, Gibson designed it so when you use the splitting option on their pcb setup on both pickups in middle switch position the 2 "single coils" are humcancelling. Something you find in modern Strats in the 2 and 4 positions.
Neck
So for the Neck it is the classic color code
- Red = Hot (+)
- Green/White soldered together = Series Link (S)
- Black = Finish wire (-) (Technically the south start but we mean "to finish the circuit")
- Bare = Chassis Ground
bridge
Now heres the color code for the "Weird" pickup.
- White = Hot (+)
- Red/Black soldered together = Series Link (S)
- Green = Finish wire (-) (Just like before "to finish the circuit")
- Bare = Chassis Ground
COLOR CODE TRANSLATED TO OUR KITS OR Instructions
Neck
Pickup to Harness
- Red to Black
- Green/White to Red/White
- Black to Green
- Bare to casing of the pot
Bridge
Pickup to Harness
- White to Black
- Red/Black to Red/White
- Greem to Green
- Bare to casing of the pot
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