LPJ Pickup swap

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RBlakeney

Discussion Starter · Jan 2, 2018

so my sister and brother in law got me some pickups for Xmas, and I needed a reasonably priced guitar to put them in. I got a used Gibson LPJ for cheap which will work.
I didn't realize Gibson uses circuit boards in place or normal wiring which is easy enough to replace. But one quick question. Do I need long shaft pots or can I use normal shaft pots? I could easily take it apart and figure it out but I figured this would be easier.

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Ayr Guitars

· #2 · Jan 2, 2018

LPJ? Short shaft pots will be ok. They should be recessed from inside the control cavity. If you pop off the back cover you will be able to confirm

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RBlakeney

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 2, 2018

Ayr Guitars said:
LPJ? Short shaft pots will be ok. They should be recessed from inside the control cavity. If you pop off the back cover you will be able to confirm

I would need to remove the circuit board which is only a few minutes but my wife has me doing chores so it'll have to wait.

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davetcan

· #4 · Jan 3, 2018

Pretty sure short will work but I like to use long so that I don't have to poke around too deep while I'm constantly changing pups

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RBlakeney

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jan 3, 2018

davetcan said:
Pretty sure short will work but I like to use long so that I don't have to poke around too deep while I'm constantly changing pups

They will likely only be changed the once. Maybe. I forgot I have a couple sets of humbuckers around so I may have to see which I like best.

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knight_yyz

· #6 · Jan 3, 2018

I bought long shaft when I upgraded my Junior, I could have gone with short pots, as the wood is not near 3/4" thick at the pots

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