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Complete PIO LP Short Shaft Electronics Upgrade Kit

Item number: CH16150

Our Complete Paper-in-Oil upgrade kits have all the parts that you need to upgrade the electronics in your guitar.  These kits include CTS “CGS” SupraPots as standard in the volume position to retain tone and note definition as you roll down the volume to give a more natural control (no need for a treble bleed circuit) and CTS "CG" for the tone controls.  We then sort through our potentiometers to create matched sets to give you an even response when rolling down your volume and tone controls.  The Kit includes a CG by Jupiter Paper-in-Oil capacitors to give a warmer woody tone.

This is an upgrade kit for USA Gibson Les Paul's.  For guitars with metric sized pots you may need to enlarge the holes for the higher quality US spec electronics to fit and also you may need US Spec knobs.

What is Balanced Tone:

This kit as standard has 0.02uf capacitors for the neck and bridge position.  We like to wire this type of harnes with a .01uf capacitor in the neck position and a 0.02uf in the bridge position because we find that a less aggressive tone control on the neck pickup offers an improved balance of the tone controls.  If you prefer this then select Balanced Tone from the drop down menu below.

Differences between modern wiring and the popular 50’s wiring.

In the Standard Kit:

  • [2] 500K CTS “CGS” SupraPots Short Shaft Matched Set Potentiometers with 9.5mm (3/8") Shaft Diameter and 9.5mm Threaded Length.
  • [2] 500K CTS "CG" Short Shaft Matched Set Potentiometers with 9.5mm (3/8") Shaft Diameter and 9.5mm Threaded Length.
  • [2] 0.02uf CG by Jupiter Paper-in-Oil capacitor
  • [1] Switchcraft Short Shaft Switch
  • [1] Switchcraft 1/4" Mono Input Jack 
  • 15cm White sleeving
  • 1.5mt length Braided Wire
  • 30cm 18awg bus wire
  • 15cm black sleeve 
  • Wiring Diagram

Please use the options below to customise your kit.

£125.00 UK VAT applied (inc. 20% VAT)

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