Thank you for choosing Gunstreet. below is the instructions for a 50s Wiring to be installed in your Les Paul Special.
Pickup key
Hot - (+) =Black Cloth
ground - (-) = Braided wire
*PRO TIP-
If you are using a pickup with Gibson style Braided wire, you can make the install easier on yourself and your soldering iron. A lot of times when grounding your braided wire pickup it requires a lot of solder and an iron that can stay hot for long periods of time. which if you have a low wattage iron it is very difficult and frustrating to do. Luckily this trick is super easy. Just take your pickups braided wire and add a wire to the Braided part. This new wire is your new ground and since this is less of a surface area to install it requires less heat and solder!
Start by soldering the wire coming from your guitars tailpiece to the casing of the closest pot.
Next, Solder the Neck Pickups hot to the top right switch lug
Solder the Bridge pickups hot to the bottom right lug on the switch
