SKU

EOB- LP-BB

Description

“I’ve explored guitar gear for years now on Edge of Breakup, looking for my perfect Les Paul tone. As I’ve made videos painstakingly documenting all the best boutique guitar amplifiers, pickups and all the greatest pedals from fuzz to univibe to delay and more, I was taken aback by the performance and quality of Emerson Custom’s Les Paul Prewired Kit.

It comes with meticulously crafted wiring and the best components arranged to ‘50s Wiring spec… but on a whim, I stumbled on a way to take my love for fuzz, overdrive, and amp gain cleanup even further - applying Emerson Custom’s Treble Bleed mod to both the volume pots, combining the best aspects of ‘50s wiring and treble bleed modification. And the results have completely changed the way I play guitar and dial in tones on a Les Paul.

Now you can get the Emerson Custom X Edge of Breakup Les Paul Prewired Kit with this exact spec, and achieve this incredible expanded utility with your volume and tone knobs… it opens up new dimensions of possibilities of cleaning up fuzz, overdrives and amp gain all the way down to 1 on your volume knob, with the best top end retention and knob taper thanks to the new incredible Emerson Premier Pro Pots + Treble Bleeds.” - Sean Harold (Edge of Breakup)

Handwired in the USA
Wired 50's style for authentic vintage sound and feel.

This is a prewired harness for USA Gibson Les Paul's. Carefully wired “50’s Style” and grounded with vintage spec buss wire for a great vintage tone. For import guitars you may need to enlarge the holes for the higher quality US spec electronics to fit and also you may need US Spec knobs (to accept 24 teeth split shafts).

Includes

(4) 500K - NEW - Emerson PREMIER PRO Split Shaft Potentiometers
(2) Treble Bleeds (NOT Soldered In Place)
(1) Switchcraft J11 1/4" mono input jack (MADE IN USA)
(2) Emerson Bumblebee Paper in Oil Capacitors (1: 0.022uf Bridge, & 1: 0.015uf Neck)
(1) Wiring Diagram

(Pre-wired 3-Way Toggle Switch SOLD SEPARATELY. We recommend this for an even easier Install)Click HERE for more information.

What’s so special about ’50s style wiring?

The overall tone gets stronger, tighter, and more transparent. It’s difficult to describe, but you might say it’s more “in your face.”
The typical treble loss that occurs when rolling back the volume is much less than with standard wiring. Both the volume and tone controls become more responsive, and they react more smoothly without the usual hot spots. Another bonus: By simply rolling back your guitar volume a bit, you can clean up an overdriven amp without getting lost in the mix.
The tone and the volume controls interact with each other—something you might be familiar with from certain tweed-era Fender tube amps. When you change the volume, the tone changes a little bit as well, and vice-versa. This may be strange at first, but you only need a few minutes to get used to it.

Installation Tips for Knobs on Split Shaft Pots

Our Emerson PREMIER PRO split shaft pots are made to fit USA Spec 24 spline push-on knobs. Some USA & Import Guitars will need new USA Spec Knobs as even some US makers use import spec parts which will not work with our pots. We recommend that you don't rush the knob install process. If your knob is too tight and is not going on ,slightly crimp together the top of the potentiometers shaft ever so slightly so that when you go to push on the knob you don't damage the pot shaft by exerting too much downward pressure. If you have any questions regarding install please let us know. Thank you.