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How to install

Start by installing the switch wire assembly

Switch Wire Color Code

Black = Ground
Green = Bridge
Red = Output
Yellow = Neck

Fitting the kit to your cavity

Without fully installing the kit in the cavity. Adjust the nut height to fit you cavity hole thickness. Again, do not install the kit in the cavity yet.

Terminal block

The Terminal Block Diargram

Bridge Pickup: Hot wire "+"
Bridge Pickup: Series Link "S"
Bridge Pickup: Ground wire"-"
Neck Pickup: Hot wire "+"
Neck Pickup: Series Link "S"
Neck Pickup: Ground wire"-"
Black Switch wire: Ground wire
Green Switch wire: Bridge volume wire
Red Switch wire: Switch output wire
Yellow Switch wire: Neck volume wire

2. Helpful tip

To install the wires in the kit, first position the kit outside of the guitar. Then, while pressing down the terminal button with either a flathead screwdriver or your finger, slide the exposed section of the wire in at an angle that matches the terminal's slope.

Remember to test the connection by lightly pulling on the wire.

Switch Install

Install the switches black ground wire to the 7th hole

Install the switches green bridge wire to the 8th hole

Install the switches red output wire to the 9th hole

Install the switches yellow neck wire to the 10th hole

Pre-pickup Install

For this instruction we are going to use the most common 4 conductor pickup wire color code

how this wire works is the

Black is your "hot/+"
Red & White Wires Combined make your "series link/S"
Green & Bare Combined make your "ground/-"

Remember that pickup manufacturers use unique color codes. Check with your manufacturer to confirm the meaning of each color.

Bridge Pickup install

Install your Bridge pickups Hot to the First hole

Now install the bridge pickups Series link to the 2nd hole.

Now install the bridge pickups Ground to the 3rd hole.

Neck Pickup install

Install your Necks pickups Hot to the 4th hole

Now install the Neck pickups Series link to the 5th hole.

Install your Neck pickups Ground to the 6th hole

Earthing ground install

Earthing ground

A lot of instruments have more then one "Earthing ground" If your Les Paul is like our example, it has multiple. You will want to add them to the ground terminal block. Heres what this guitar has

Tailpeice ground: Wire coming from your guitars tailpiece (bare wire)
Shielding ground: If your guitar has shielding you will want to have a wire that connects the sheilding to the harness. (blue wire)

Before we finish the install

Adjusting VVC

Our Les Paul Solderless kit includes 2 of our VVC. (Volume voicing circuit) This switch allows you to switch between 2 voicings.

Down: Your Volume retains more low end as you use the Volume
Up: Your Volume retains more High end as you use the Volume

On this kit each volume gets one. So now is great time to adjust it.

Single Coil voicing

Here are the three pickup switch positions and their corresponding sound profiles:

Coil Cut: True single coil sound (one coil is deactivated).
P90 Tap: Slightly fuller single coil sound.
Sparkle Tap: Sparkly, twangy single coil sound.

And thats it!

Test the controls before restringing the bass by lightly taping the pickups with a metal object.

Need help or have a question?

feel free to contact us [link at the bottom of this page] But here are some common issues you might run into

Need help with your pickup?

"My pickup(s) sounds weak"

- This is fairly common when one or more of your pickup wires is not properly seated, or can not make a proper connection. Make sure there is enough exposed wire and that the wire is properly seated in the terminal block.
"My pickup(s) wires are too small"
- If your pickup wires are too small for the terminal block we recommend bending the exposed wire over the covered wire, or wrapping it a few times to create more surface area.

It's not working or doesn't sound right?

The controls are scratchy when i use them"
- This usually happens when you have a wire(s) not making a proper connection in the terminal block. Make sure there is enough exposed wire and that the wire is properly seated in the terminal block.
"There is a bad hum that goes away if i touch the knobs."
- This usually happens when your tailpiece ground is not properly seated or missing.
- This can also happen if your guitar has sheilding in the cavity. You will want to add the wires attached to the shielding to the same hole as the tailpiece ground
"I cant get any sound from the thing"
- Make sure you put the pickup wires in the correct spot and that they are properly seated in the terminal block.
- Confirm that the exposed section of the wire is seated in the terminal block and not just the casing of the wire.
- Make sure that there is no environmental issue causing a short. Next confirm the switch wires are in the correct location.
"My volume feels different then before"
- This is because of 2 factors.
  1. How we designed the volume and tone circuit. It's different from your stock circuit
  2. We use our own Audio pots. A lot of brands will use Linear in the volume.

Other issues

"My old knobs don't fit the pots"

We use 18 tooth "Coarse" pots. So if you have to order new knobs just make sure that they say they are either "18 tooth" or "Coarse knurled"