Wiring Help on Leon

[tulk1]

Hadn't reallly looked at the pots and switches on the Leon after getting it from Brent. Just knew the pickups weren't getting it for me. I can see why Leon might have liked the OBLs, since he didn't play quite the driven material we're doing. But for me, just not enough harmonic/overtones from the OBLs. Thinking they need to go. Anyway, turned the switch plate over today. Below is what I found. Seems this one has had some work done. And for the life of me, I can't figure out what's what. Anyone care to take a stab at this? Maybe do me a solid and draw up a wiring scheme for how to do 3 HBs (OBLs are single coil size HBs), 3 on/off switches, Vol, Tone? Thinking all the electronics need to go. And with a little rewiring I could unleash the potential of this somewhat rare Heritage.

 

 

 

 

 

[mars_hall]

Looks like a generic scheme where all 3 pups are either selectively placed in parallel or grounded. The circuit uses a master tone. The one pup on the right in the pic above appears to have one of its leads disconnected or is only connected without the shield, so you probably never hear it if it is not connected

 

 

http://www.seymourdu...3on-offswitches

 

red=white in the duncan schematic

[SouthpawGuy]

Lawrence pickups have a reputation for having a flat frequency response. Or to put it another way expanded lows and highs compared to other pickups, they don't have a mid scoop like say Fender single coils. Yours are humbuckers but they're most likely designed to produce a single coil tone albeit with a "non traditional" voicing.

 

I have one guitar with current Lawrence made Wilde noise free singles, the particular model is designed to have a more traditional eq curve however I found that running the guitar into a tubescreamer pedal set to zero gain makes them sound a lot different, with a more "traditional tone". They actually sound good without the ts pedal but for some reason I find myself using them with the pedal on all the time. Might be worth trying with your guitar.