Epiphone Lucille Wiring [schematic]
- GuitarlCarl
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Here it is... I opened one up for a local shop. A guy had his painted (!!!) and the painter hacked his wiring up, shoved it into the control cavity and gave it back to him. Duh, my guitar doesn't work. So the lack of available schematics etc. made this one a little more than your average rewire. The little board on the back of the varitone pot has all the connections labeled though, so tada, here it is kinda half wiring half schematic.
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I want it to sound like bees buzzing around in a 55 gallon drum...
- GuitarlCarl
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Yep. Correct as far as the chinese made Epiphone... but it matches the little bit of info I could find from ancient xerox copies of the Gibson... and it actually works pretty well too.
I want it to sound like bees buzzing around in a 55 gallon drum...
- earthtonesaudio
- Transistor Tuner
The pickups are different but Blueshawks have (I think) the same Varitone as the other Gibson/Epi models.
http://blueshawk.info/circuit_diagram.htm
http://blueshawk.info/official_gibson_schematic.htm
If you're just interested in the Varitone part this is good info.
http://blueshawk.info/circuit_diagram.htm
http://blueshawk.info/official_gibson_schematic.htm
If you're just interested in the Varitone part this is good info.
rocklander wrote:hairsplitting and semantics aren't exactly the same thing though.. we may need two contests for that.
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Sorry did a little housekeeping...
Here it is again.
https://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z3 ... ucille.jpg Getting ready to do a stacked Vol/Tone and a Varitone on a friend's P-Bass. No new holes in the pkgrd but all the tonez.
Here it is again.
https://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z3 ... ucille.jpg Getting ready to do a stacked Vol/Tone and a Varitone on a friend's P-Bass. No new holes in the pkgrd but all the tonez.
I want it to sound like bees buzzing around in a 55 gallon drum...
- skylark44
- Solder Soldier
That's a great idea (for the P-Bass)...I did the same mod, on my P-Bass clone (an SX, short-scale-30")...except that on mine, I've got a 1meg volume, a 6-way "Vari-Tone", and a passive "Overdrive" mod (just 2 paralell Shottkeys (BAT46), wired to an on/off mini-switch). It really gives the bass more tonal variety...and the Shottkeys give it that extra growl, whenever you need it. The only thing I'd change, would be to add an inductor to the "Vari-Tone" ...otherwise, it's way more fun to play now, than before the mods were done. I'd love to see pics & sound clips you've got any.
- skylark44
- Solder Soldier
Oh yeah...I've got several different inductors ordered (1.5, 1.2, and 1.8 Henry), so I'll be heating up the soldering iron ASAP ...then, I'll post the results when I finish everything.
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As I am crap at reading schematics can someone tell me or show me where the pickup wires connect in this circuit please? I want to remove the original ones and install Gibson 490s in my epiphone.
thank you all
thank you all
- cspar
- Breadboard Brother
As long as your just swapping pickups it should be pretty easy once you open it up without need of a schematic. It's only 4 wires and 2 are ground.anthony466 wrote: ↑15 Mar 2022, 07:50 As I am crap at reading schematics can someone tell me or show me where the pickup wires connect in this circuit please? I want to remove the original ones and install Gibson 490s in my epiphone.
thank you all
It looks to me from the picture that the pickups are the smaller black wires connected to the rotary switch and not the board.
Take a picture of the way it's wired before you take the old ones out to make sure you rewire it the same.
"Just because the forgoing circuits have produced results there is no reason experimenting won't lead to added results." L. E. Darling, in his article containing the earliest published vacuum tube synthesizer circuit, Popular Science Jan 1920
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There is a red sheathed cable and a black sheathed cable coming from bridge and neck pickups. You can see in the photos that each contains two smaller cables that appear soldered to the board. I was thinking of snipping the cables at about one inch and soldering to the remainders rather than touching the board. Thoughts? BTW this is a chinese made Epiphone and could be different from the inital korean made ones. Quality is great btw.
- GuitarlCarl
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Oh yeah that's a newer board.
The inductors are in cans on the one I worked on so long ago.
LOL that guitar is still hangin' around the shop
I'll get some new gut shots.
The inductors are in cans on the one I worked on so long ago.
LOL that guitar is still hangin' around the shop
I'll get some new gut shots.
I want it to sound like bees buzzing around in a 55 gallon drum...