Remodding My 2013 Gibson Les Paul Traditional Part 1 of 3
Well, I decided to do a kind of sort of conversion slash remod on my 2013 Gibson Les Paul New Traditional, not so much that “I” am going to do the actual work on it (I don’t trust me); replacing the bridge, tailpiece, wiring harness with bumblebees, truss rod cover, input jack, 3-way switch, and the speed knobs, I guess you can say I am gutting it, but I intend to keep the pickups that came with it; a ‘57 Classic and a ‘57 Classic Plus. and make it more like 1950s style Les Paul.
First off my initial search was for the volume and tone knobs, the top hat version with the pointer set, wanted the 50s” look” to my Les Paul. After much research and many, many Youtube videos I came across companies such as Mojo tone, Trobak, and Jackson Electronic Luthier. But a little-known company called Creamtone out of Simpsonville, South Carolina caught my attention.. further digging on their site I found other components I wanted to complete my LP’s transformation.
I’ve linked the other companies I had looked at for this remod just in case I go with another 50s wiring harness, for now, however I’m going with Creamtone, Once I get the parts and have the work done, I’ll blog about my thoughts on the changeover.
Update 1/16/2022: I just found out through a Gibson Les Paul forum that Creamtone, the company I decided to go with for my 50s wiring harness has taken down their website, I am not sure if this is temporary, or it is permanent. I’ll blog about the replacement harness when I know for certain Creamtone is no more or I decide on an option B.
Other 1950s Style Wiring Harness:
