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"Good luck to you. If you need to change a cap or pots later, it's no big deal. Just…" Paul Craig replied Aug 17, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Your welcome. The more you do, the easier it will become. Just don't try to wire you…" Paul Craig replied Aug 17, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"BTW most Tele wiring harnesses have 250k pots and .047 caps. Some people prefer usin…" Paul Craig replied Aug 17, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"You'll be wiring the bridge pickup signal wire to the volume pot(A500k) pin 1, bridg…" Paul Craig replied Aug 17, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"The grey wire going to pin 1 of the volume pot is where the pickup signal wire goes…" Paul Craig replied Aug 17, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Okay, I'll have a look later." Paul Craig replied Aug 17, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"I think you got it. Haha You haven't wired the bridge pickup in yet? If not, just sn…" Paul Craig replied Aug 16, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"The neck pickup's positive/signal wire is the insulated wire in the middle, looks li…" Paul Craig replied Aug 16, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"The silver braided wire on the bridge pickup in the pic looks like the plate ground.…" Paul Craig replied Aug 16, 2017 to I cheated and bought a solderless wiring harness. Naughty boy!	46	Aug 18, 2017 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
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Wiring CB Gitty Black Ice Single Coil

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Minimal effect from volume or tone pot

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"Good luck to you. If you need to change a cap or pots later, it's no big deal. Just…"

"Your welcome. The more you do, the easier it will become. Just don't try to wire you…"

"BTW most Tele wiring harnesses have 250k pots and .047 caps. Some people prefer usin…"

"You'll be wiring the bridge pickup signal wire to the volume pot(A500k) pin 1, bridg…"

"The grey wire going to pin 1 of the volume pot is where the pickup signal wire goes…"

"Okay, I'll have a look later."

"I think you got it. Haha You haven't wired the bridge pickup in yet? If not, just sn…"

"The neck pickup's positive/signal wire is the insulated wire in the middle, looks li…"

"The silver braided wire on the bridge pickup in the pic looks like the plate ground.…"

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