Gibson Jimmy Page Wiring Diagram Treble Bleed

Diagram courtesy of seymour duncan pickups.

Gibson jimmy page wiring diagram treble bleed. This has become a famous les paul mod and in this context it s widely known as the jimmy page wiring. As far as the bleed kit it just ties across the 2 hot lugs on base volume pots as shown in diagram you have. Hello i use the same diagram for the jimmy page rigs that i wire up. Here is my improved version of jimmy page s les paul.

Another breja tone works diy video this time tackling the zillion wires involved in converting your les paul wiring into the jimmy page wiring and giving yourself 21 different pickup. The one downside to the treble bleed circuit is that it will affect the way your guitar cleans up when you turn down the volume when you re using overdrive especially tube overdrive. The tonal possibilities are almost endless if you know how to dial it in right and the tireless tinkerers among us have tried several ways of hooking up the pickups to the pots over the years. Gibson 50 s wiring with treble bleed 001uf no resistor darren shroeger.

I call it the les paul twenty dual. But again it s not limited to a les paul. The jp wiring looks a bit crazy but the vol pots still work basically the same. It s a mod mod mod mod world whether you re new to modding or an old hand at it remember that it s not always the complicated mods that sound the best.

This is because many types of overdrive distort the high frequencies more than the lower frequencies and when turning the volume down bleeds away your high frequencies you are left with a much cleaner. It has 22 different sounds one more than jimmy s since it includes also a dual sound for the bridge pickup in my case a duncan jb with parallel wiring for both coils instead of serial. Two dedicated volume controls and two dedicated tone controls. 50s vs modern les paul wiring a gibson les paul sg es 335 and many other guitars use a two pickup four pot setup.

Wiring diagram for the super strat treble bleed mod.