The Firebird is blues icon Johnny Winter, dead Rolling Stone Brian Jones and Joe Bonamassa. The SG is synonymous with rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mod god Paul Weller, Robbie Krieger of The Doors and Angus Young of AC/DC, natch. It gets at least as much playtime as my LP standard.You want brand ambassadors? The Gibson Les Paul Standard has been clutched by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, top hat model Slash, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, Bluesbreakers-era Eric Clapton, Dire Straits' legend Mark Knopfler, hirsute hombre Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, and thousands more. I love my casino already (except for the neck pup) - with these upgrades, I know I'll love it even more. It will likely be a month or two before the custom-wound pups get here, so for now, I'm collecting info and parts. I suspect not many casino players will be darkening his door until he reverses that decision. I wold have had Lollar re-wind my OEM pups, but he doesn't offer that service anymore - sadly - and I don't have any interest in buying his new-production P90's of improper height and spacing and fiddle with a bunch of plastic spacers - no thanks. They also come with proper nickel covers of the right height to fit casino hole spacing. NOT CHEAP!!!īut they will have that early 60's wind for that original USA-made Casino tone, plus noise cancelling in the middle position.

Ouch! But I just ordered a set of Creamery '61 P90's in nickel, wax potted and RWRP. I had seen it, but thanks for posting it again - makes it easier to find I did find this diagram on the net, no idea if it's right or not. What should I put back in? On Les Pauls, I tend to go 500K audio taper all-round, but that's with hum buckers, not P90's - not sure if there is a different consensus for the 'dogears'?įinally, do guys do 50's wiring on the casinos, modern wiring, or something entirely different? I'm assuming guys put shrink-wrap on the braided shield wiring to cut down on internal vibration noise and reduce the chances of grounding inside that big open cavity.

So which of the above is currently 'stock'? I've read a few options:Ī) 500K linear on the volumes, 500K audio on the tones.ī) 300k linear on the volumes, 500K audio on the tonesĬ) 300K audio on volumes, 500K audio on the tones. I've got some basic questions so I have the right materiel on-hand before I gut mine.ġ) What size pots are 'stock'? I know they are 10mm metric short shaft pots, likely some cheap chinese one.

I've done a couple les paul re-wiring to 50's wiring now, and I get that rather well, but what about the casino?

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