[jonesy]

Greetings Everyone,

Flick has already posted an Introduction about me from my website Tonemojo.com, and many of you may already know me from the MLPF. I get dozens of PM's and emails with all kinds of questions about what is the best type of capacitors and pots for various guitar set-ups. He also asked me what I thought about starting a thread here on Gear Talk where we could share information and answer questions about that kind of thing, and I thought that was a great idea. I love to talk TONE

Your wiring and caps are hidden "Under the hood" so to speak and don't jump out at you like a Maple flame top finish or MOP block inlays, but they a critical to your guitars performance. Just like the motor in a race car, performance is gained by using the best quality parts for any given application. Many stock wiring harness's & Caps are substandard IMO and can be easily upgraded by the average person.

If you have a project going on or are planning one in the future I would be more than glad to walk you through some wiring options. If you are not happy with the way your pickups sound and you have stock wiring, I suggest starting with a good quality PIO (paper in oil) Capacitor first before you replace them I have had many people tell me that swapping out their caps/wiring was more dramatic of a change in improved Tone then changing their pickups.

Good wiring controls and quality Tone caps actually let you guitar sound how it was meant to sound. A lot of stock wiring chokes off your Tone or adds harsh frequencies that sound unpleasant. Correct wiring will make a huge difference in the expressiveness of you guitar. Once you get your Tone dialed
in, it is much easier to express yourself and play the kind of Music you like you play.

I am looking forward to Posting wiring diagrams, pictures and helpful Links for those of you that like to tinker on your guitar.

Here is a picture of my 21 Tone Jimmy Page wiring for guitars...


Thanks & Peace, jonesy