the 50's Wiring Mod

[H]

so if one is ordering humbuckers and intends to use this wiring....are you ordering 2 wire or 4 wire humbuckers

It doesn't matter - this is purely about how the volume pots connect to the tone pots through the capacitors.

[H]

so if one is ordering humbuckers and intends to use this wiring....are you ordering 2 wire or 4 wire humbuckers

Just to expand on this a bit: buy four wire 'buckers if you want to coil split them, otherwise two wire 'buckers will be fine. Two or four wire is irrelevant to the vintage/modern wiring requirements: they both work fine with either.

[Blunote]

As I understood it. Modern wired p'ups are set up so that if one volume knob is turned all the way down, the guitar is off. I thought 50's wiring allowed one pickup volume knob to turn down while leaving the other p'up on.

 

Is that correct?

 

If so, I wonder if anyone has done 50s wiring on HRWs and what the result was?

[H]

As I understood it. Modern wired p'ups are set up so that if one volume knob is turned all the way down, the guitar is off. I thought 50's wiring allowed one pickup volume knob to turn down while leaving the other p'up on.

 

Is that correct?

 

If so, I wonder if anyone has done 50s wiring on HRWs and what the result was?

It doesn't change that aspect of the controls.

 

It's a change to how each volume pot connects to its tone pot via the capacitor. It just changes the rate the tone rolls off when increasing/decreasing the volume.