Les Paul wiring

[angelodp]

Hi Guys, been away a long time. I have a project brewing. Gonna upgrade an Epiphone Le Paul.

Question- on the picture showing a redo on another LP, what is the technique on the end of the braided wire from the pups. Is that some
shrink wrap??

Cheers Ange

[newey]

Hey, Ange, welcome back-

Looks to be shrink wrap. Keeps the ends of the braid from fraying and possibly shorting something. Looks like a nice tidy job, the guy apparently didn't want to cut the braids short.

[Raz59]

It's either what newey said or that wire is the type that has two layers covering it: black cotton and a metal braid. Very common in vintage-ish Les Pauls.



The technique is simple, push back the metal braid, push back the black cotton (revealing the the wire transporting the signal) solder it in place and then just keep the metal braid away from anything transporting signal.

Hope it helps.

[angelodp]

Ok, so it is a push back type, very nice, and easy to work with. When i first worked with push back stuff for my tweed amp I was trying to cut the darn stuff and super glue the ends until I realized how simple it was to get a nice square sharp cut and push the stuff back.

I assume that soldering the outside braid to the pots is pretty straight forward. Tin the pot lay it on apply heat and add solder.

thanks.