For those wondering the difference in brightness, Kyle explains at the end of the vid the stock pots were 300k vs the 500k in the solderless. So if you prefer the stock configuration it is mostly likely you just prefer 300k pots. Just leaving this here cause I almost missed it myself lol. Don't let the sound difference fool you into staying soldered. Solderless set ups are so good with keeping unwanted noise down as well as being able to change pickups on the fly without any sound quality loss.
I like the original as it's backed off because it's warmer sounding, like using the front pickup for clean sections, I've never had 300K pots in any of my Les Pauls..
I think this is great for people that don't know how to solder or don't like to. I personally love soldering and doing it is very fast for me. It's also good to know if you want to do things with push pull or super switches.
It’s cool that you did this experiment but the stock wiring wins by a landslide. The Gunstreet was WAY too bright and sounded thin and “tinny” as others have described. This video actually convinced me to go exclusively soldered from now on. Thanks for the education. 🤘
The good thing is, you can turn the treble switch OFF and it acts just like the original harness when you roll the volume off, in case you missed that part. Also, the sound has nothing to do with soldered vs unsoldered.
I've used a few solderless setups. Once I determined i was happy with my choice in pickup, wiring scheme, etc, i have always soldered em in. Can't say i heard any difference, but my brain tells me capacitance, impedance, etc is affected by stuff not being soldered in properly
I never used to use my volume or tone knobs for like 20 years but now I use em all the time and the treble-bleed I think they're called are absolutely killer!
Solder is mainly lead free. And all instruments use it, I use leaded solder myself. (Doing electronics many years) and there is a slight difference because lead is a better conductor. This is a interesting piece of hardware.
Once all the wiring circuitry layout clicks, soldering is so easy. I used to loath it until I figured out this wire goes here and this goes here and there is always a constant, no matter how complex the wiring gets. Once that clicks, it's easy as.
There is no reason why anyone in 2024 should have to solder sh-. Especially since a lot of us want to experiment with pickups, and experiment with speakers.
I’ve gotten past the point where the actual soldering is the challenge. My solder joints are usually pretty clean and I have a basic idea of where everything goes. I’m now on the “ok everything is wired up so WTF is there no sound????” stage of guitar electronics mastery. Yeah it sucks! And I still end up taking it to the shop. Fuck!!!!!!!!
I just gutted a 90s rg and put emg circuitry and pickups... it was fast and solderless...and man this thing shreds like the 80s and grinds like the 90s...the only tool required was drilling the wire tunnel for the jackwires to accommodate the width of the terminal connectors..
I'm a fan of 50's wiring on LesPauls. It accomplishes the same thing, and just makes more sense on a 2 volume 2 tone pot equipped guitar. Now for guitars with only 1 volume and 1 tone pot, modern wiring with a treble bleed curcuit is the hot ticket. The only time I've run into a problem using these wiring options, is on my PRS SE McCarty .594 singlecut standard. It has the 58/15 LT pickups with 3 wires for coil tapping. It comes with modern wiring and a treble bleed curcuit on both volumes from the factory. Well, when I converted it to 50's wiring and eliminated the treble bleeds. The pickups being low output and the tone pots wired with different value resistors for the coil taps. It makes the tones way to thin sounding at any level under 10. This has me perplexed, because I'm not fully understanding why this is happening? I've come to the conclusion that in order to utilize the factory Low Turn pickups at any setting below wide open. They need the minimum amount of resistance to retain maximum character and a wide frequency range. Using 50's wiring with those coil tapping curcuits, just thins out the signal way too much. Now I've gotta go back under the hood of that thing and wire it back modern and add a good treble bleed to each volume pot again! You live and learn. If anyone has a clue as to why this wiring configuration reacts this way? Please chime in to enlighten me. So far I've found not a single human that can explain this to me in any logical way? I'm tempted to 86 the Low Turns and start from scratch with higher output pickups.
@Gearslayer92 I'm learning to.solder now, but I still took my Ibanez RGR320EX in to my tech for a pickup swap, it has a floating trem I don't want to deal with 😂
You should learn how the trem works and to set it up properly. Guitar setup is fun once you’ve got the hang of it. It took me quite a few hours, but I can set up a Strat like nobody’s fuckin business now. Besides, if you get it completely out of whack you can always take it to the tech.
I’ve had this squier tele for like 5 years and i love the way it plays more than my MIM tele but im too afraid to learn to solder so i might actually pick this up for a pickup replacement. Plus they’re from my city so PDX represent
Soldering can be tricky, but you get good at it fast. The key, and I mean THE KEY, is having a quality iron. I wasted a lot of time (and made some ugly messes) with a cheap shitty iron. Since I got a decent one, it’s been smooth sailing. That being said, it is still time consuming, so solderless setups are really appealing.
This comparison just isn't very fair. You were wearing a different shirt when testing the pickups so that tone cloth clearly affected the results. All kidding aside I can hear the difference in treble at lower volumes, but I'm not entirely sure I like that or not. It sounds a little "tinny" whatever that means. Thanks for the video!
I have been looking into this, as I usually fuck up when I change my passive pick ups out. I wonder if they do wiring setups for guitars that aren't a Les Paul or a Strat.
I'm an old fart, I've been farking around with wiring in cars, motorcycles and guitars most of my life, I've NEVER had any problems with a good solder joint, I've had A LOT of problems with plug in joints, and component failure, electrical interference from poorly insulated connections, loose connections over time, the less parts the better imo.... PS, I've only ever use 500k pots in my Les Pauls...
I just used the mojotone solderless harness and it's awesome. I can weld very well and I still suck ass at soldering wich is why 90% of my guitars always had emg's lol
Looks like a winner. Hopefully these do well, and they expand into doing the solderless systems for the SG… that’s what I need. I have one with the PCB harness, like you pulled out of that LP. I’ve already replaced a jack, a switch, and recently the entire board… and now another switch is starting to get a bit dodgy. And let me tell you… I CANNOT solder one damn bit. Speaking of that LP… does that one have a 490T in the bridge? If so, what do you think? I have one (with the PCB plug) sitting around, was thinking of switching the Classic 57 that’s in there and seeing how I get on. I know the 57 is a “better” pickup, but I haven’t been getting along with it lately.
Just last night, i soldered a Seymour Duncan Dimebag set into my Epiphone Flying V. It's such a major improvement, but my dumb a$$ broke the nut. It won't hold a low E string now, so I have an awesome sounding 5-string Flying V. Smh I dropped it off at the local shop with my trusted Luthier to install a new nut today. Im so dumb sometimes. Its like I'm that stinky kid with a cloud over his head from the old Charlie Brown cartoon. Tomorrow will be better.😢
I understand that Gunstreet is a sponsor but I have been using GFS kwik-plug electronics for years and they sound every bit as good as my factory soldered guitars. I have a pro-grade soldering station for emergencies but I prefer ease of use.
I know how to solder, but I'm autistic and have issues with fine motor skills. I can play guitar okay (I'm never gonna be Steve Vai, but whatever) but I really can't do clean soldering at all. Stuff like this is a godsend.
The glen picture 😭 his argument against pickups is so funny like obv a guy who can barely play guitar doesn’t care about the feel of different pickups and just focuses on a sound he can eq 🙄
The irony is debating, heatedly.😬 Everyone is looking for a price appealing way to find their own identity, and sound. This is an inspiring take for the DIY/$ strapped/originator.
I’ve been using the mad hatter stuff for a couple years and I love it. Soldering pickups and pots has always been no fun to me. Getting wiring neat is impossible for me. Plug and play pickup systems are the way!
Is it me or is there a significant tone change between solder and solderless harness? And I actually like the former way more. Honestly, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel here. Learn to solder, mates.
The difference that I noticed was that he seemed to pick harder with the new harness examples and less aggressive picking with the stock harness examples. 🤷lol
The good thing is, you can turn the treble switch OFF and it acts just like the original harness when you roll the volume off, in case you missed that part.
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Huh... no solder? I guess I could sniff some glue while installing this to compensate for the lack of solder fumes
lmao
I like how you think. 😂
That might explain a lot mate ❤
It's all starting to make sense !!
Giga brain
For those wondering the difference in brightness, Kyle explains at the end of the vid the stock pots were 300k vs the 500k in the solderless. So if you prefer the stock configuration it is mostly likely you just prefer 300k pots. Just leaving this here cause I almost missed it myself lol. Don't let the sound difference fool you into staying soldered. Solderless set ups are so good with keeping unwanted noise down as well as being able to change pickups on the fly without any sound quality loss.
I like the original as it's backed off because it's warmer sounding, like using the front pickup for clean sections, I've never had 300K pots in any of my Les Pauls..
I think this is great for people that don't know how to solder or don't like to. I personally love soldering and doing it is very fast for me. It's also good to know if you want to do things with push pull or super switches.
That was the BEST UA-cam intro I have ever heard in my entire life 😂
Loving that Les Paul, which is why I own the same one. I had the pickups and wiring changed as well.
It’s cool that you did this experiment but the stock wiring wins by a landslide. The Gunstreet was WAY too bright and sounded thin and “tinny” as others have described. This video actually convinced me to go exclusively soldered from now on. Thanks for the education. 🤘
The good thing is, you can turn the treble switch OFF and it acts just like the original harness when you roll the volume off, in case you missed that part. Also, the sound has nothing to do with soldered vs unsoldered.
I've used a few solderless setups. Once I determined i was happy with my choice in pickup, wiring scheme, etc, i have always soldered em in. Can't say i heard any difference, but my brain tells me capacitance, impedance, etc is affected by stuff not being soldered in properly
I never used to use my volume or tone knobs for like 20 years but now I use em all the time and the treble-bleed I think they're called are absolutely killer!
Solder is mainly lead free. And all instruments use it, I use leaded solder myself. (Doing electronics many years) and there is a slight difference because lead is a better conductor.
This is a interesting piece of hardware.
Once all the wiring circuitry layout clicks, soldering is so easy. I used to loath it until I figured out this wire goes here and this goes here and there is always a constant, no matter how complex the wiring gets.
Once that clicks, it's easy as.
There is no reason why anyone in 2024 should have to solder sh-. Especially since a lot of us want to experiment with pickups, and experiment with speakers.
@@UseTheSupeRsonic because it's a skill worth learning. And it's enjoyable.
Really? Soldering? I've had to use that skill outside of guitar equipment maybe 1 time in 36 years. Can't say it's that necessary haha
I’ve gotten past the point where the actual soldering is the challenge. My solder joints are usually pretty clean and I have a basic idea of where everything goes. I’m now on the “ok everything is wired up so WTF is there no sound????” stage of guitar electronics mastery. Yeah it sucks! And I still end up taking it to the shop. Fuck!!!!!!!!
Learn how the switches and pot lugs are wired and itll be so simple youll never need a schematic again.
I chose the MadHatter solderless kits for fun a few years back and now they’re in all my guitars and bass.
I just gutted a 90s rg and put emg circuitry and pickups... it was fast and solderless...and man this thing shreds like the 80s and grinds like the 90s...the only tool required was drilling the wire tunnel for the jackwires to accommodate the width of the terminal connectors..
I'm a fan of 50's wiring on LesPauls. It accomplishes the same thing, and just makes more sense on a 2 volume 2 tone pot equipped guitar. Now for guitars with only 1 volume and 1 tone pot, modern wiring with a treble bleed curcuit is the hot ticket.
The only time I've run into a problem using these wiring options, is on my PRS SE McCarty .594 singlecut standard. It has the 58/15 LT pickups with 3 wires for coil tapping. It comes with modern wiring and a treble bleed curcuit on both volumes from the factory. Well, when I converted it to 50's wiring and eliminated the treble bleeds. The pickups being low output and the tone pots wired with different value resistors for the coil taps. It makes the tones way to thin sounding at any level under 10.
This has me perplexed, because I'm not fully understanding why this is happening? I've come to the conclusion that in order to utilize the factory Low Turn pickups at any setting below wide open. They need the minimum amount of resistance to retain maximum character and a wide frequency range. Using 50's wiring with those coil tapping curcuits, just thins out the signal way too much. Now I've gotta go back under the hood of that thing and wire it back modern and add a good treble bleed to each volume pot again! You live and learn.
If anyone has a clue as to why this wiring configuration reacts this way? Please chime in to enlighten me. So far I've found not a single human that can explain this to me in any logical way? I'm tempted to 86 the Low Turns and start from scratch with higher output pickups.
I connect all my active pickups with the EMG easy wire kit....it works for every brand including fishman...you can only get one voice tho
soldering is an easy thing to learn , and it's better in time imo ;p
@Gearslayer92 I'm learning to.solder now, but I still took my Ibanez RGR320EX in to my tech for a pickup swap, it has a floating trem I don't want to deal with 😂
You should learn how the trem works and to set it up properly. Guitar setup is fun once you’ve got the hang of it.
It took me quite a few hours, but I can set up a Strat like nobody’s fuckin business now.
Besides, if you get it completely out of whack you can always take it to the tech.
@maxwellblakely7952 I always have my Ibanez RG220B that needs a setup, I wanna tune it to C standard, this should be fun 😬
Wow, that really makes a big difference in tone/gain. Very cool.
I’ve had this squier tele for like 5 years and i love the way it plays more than my MIM tele but im too afraid to learn to solder so i might actually pick this up for a pickup replacement. Plus they’re from my city so PDX represent
Soldering can be tricky, but you get good at it fast.
The key, and I mean THE KEY, is having a quality iron.
I wasted a lot of time (and made some ugly messes) with a cheap shitty iron.
Since I got a decent one, it’s been smooth sailing.
That being said, it is still time consuming, so solderless setups are really appealing.
i just had to solder my input jack for my ibanez. works like a charm now. no solder would be great
This comparison just isn't very fair. You were wearing a different shirt when testing the pickups so that tone cloth clearly affected the results. All kidding aside I can hear the difference in treble at lower volumes, but I'm not entirely sure I like that or not. It sounds a little "tinny" whatever that means. Thanks for the video!
Same here, I like the warmth of the original wiring as the volume is backed off...
Thanks for the video Kyle! The intro is incredible!
When i bought an emg set i was so happy. I was like this should be standard equipment for every pickup company. Click everything together in 30 mins.
Soldering is one of those darn things that I entirely understand how it works but just suck at actually doing it.
I preffered the stock wiring on that pbass, it sounded awesome at 100% volume!
I have been looking into this, as I usually fuck up when I change my passive pick ups out. I wonder if they do wiring setups for guitars that aren't a Les Paul or a Strat.
Check the website my dude!
The flame on the top of that Les Paul Tribute is super nice and those are supposed to be plain!
Right? That's why I picked it up! Really unique top!
I've used these for a guitar build but I usually solder. These no solder kits only come in common configurations like Strat, Tele, Les Paul etc.
I'm an old fart, I've been farking around with wiring in cars, motorcycles and guitars most of my life, I've NEVER had any problems with a good solder joint, I've had A LOT of problems with plug in joints, and component failure, electrical interference from poorly insulated connections, loose connections over time, the less parts the better imo.... PS, I've only ever use 500k pots in my Les Pauls...
I just used the mojotone solderless harness and it's awesome. I can weld very well and I still suck ass at soldering wich is why 90% of my guitars always had emg's lol
Mad Hatter Solderless Products are Pretty good too. Also worth Checking out.
Word!
Honestly it’s a smarter way to do things at the end of the day. It’s faster, cleaner, and don’t require any extra tools.
Anyone who finds soldering difficult, only knows how to play Smoke on the Water on one string.
No ltd/esp 3 knob eclipse version. 😞
I think soldering is almost easier than those little screws that those things usually have
I’ll do soldering over those tiny fuckin screws any day.
"We talking about practice!" - Allen Iverson
Does the harness allow for a dip switch selector for capacitors? Say 250k / 500k / 1Meg
Ya didn't hafta tell it like it is, Kyle!!
Looks like a winner. Hopefully these do well, and they expand into doing the solderless systems for the SG… that’s what I need. I have one with the PCB harness, like you pulled out of that LP. I’ve already replaced a jack, a switch, and recently the entire board… and now another switch is starting to get a bit dodgy. And let me tell you… I CANNOT solder one damn bit.
Speaking of that LP… does that one have a 490T in the bridge? If so, what do you think? I have one (with the PCB plug) sitting around, was thinking of switching the Classic 57 that’s in there and seeing how I get on. I know the 57 is a “better” pickup, but I haven’t been getting along with it lately.
Just last night, i soldered a Seymour Duncan Dimebag set into my Epiphone Flying V. It's such a major improvement, but my dumb a$$ broke the nut. It won't hold a low E string now, so I have an awesome sounding 5-string Flying V. Smh
I dropped it off at the local shop with my trusted Luthier to install a new nut today. Im so dumb sometimes. Its like I'm that stinky kid with a cloud over his head from the old Charlie Brown cartoon.
Tomorrow will be better.😢
I understand that Gunstreet is a sponsor but I have been using GFS kwik-plug electronics for years and they sound every bit as good as my factory soldered guitars. I have a pro-grade soldering station for emergencies but I prefer ease of use.
Soldering is very relaxing for me and cheaper 🤷♂️, if I could afford these solderless harnesses I'm sure I would try one
They’re not all that they are cracked up to be.
I just made a video on their Strat solderless harness and I really like these products, very useful and easy install...
agreed
I’m a plumber I can solder like a mfer
Great opening on the vid, looks like a great product
I know how to solder, but I'm autistic and have issues with fine motor skills. I can play guitar okay (I'm never gonna be Steve Vai, but whatever) but I really can't do clean soldering at all. Stuff like this is a godsend.
Totally understand! It's nice to have options!
The glen picture 😭 his argument against pickups is so funny like obv a guy who can barely play guitar doesn’t care about the feel of different pickups and just focuses on a sound he can eq 🙄
I taught myself. Really not that hard. But plug n play seems cool. The VVC switch sounds awesome.
The irony is debating, heatedly.😬 Everyone is looking for a price appealing way to find their own identity, and sound. This is an inspiring take for the DIY/$ strapped/originator.
I prefer the stock harnesses to be honest. Way too bright on the Gunstreet.
I’ve been using the mad hatter stuff for a couple years and I love it. Soldering pickups and pots has always been no fun to me. Getting wiring neat is impossible for me. Plug and play pickup systems are the way!
Is it me or is there a significant tone change between solder and solderless harness? And I actually like the former way more. Honestly, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel here. Learn to solder, mates.
The difference that I noticed was that he seemed to pick harder with the new harness examples and less aggressive picking with the stock harness examples. 🤷lol
I sense a pickup battle in the future 👀👀👀
Zephyr Seymour Duncan's ?
My bugera 333xl infinium keeps fucking up. Second time after maintenance 😢
Those are kinda known for having issues
"single channel amp players" is another term for "clean to low-gain players"... Just more polite...
You're a guitarist you can't do math!!! Dude that line dug up nightmares in devry lab rooms for me lol!!!
Personally I prefer the original pickups tone. The second is way too bright for my taste.
The good thing is, you can turn the treble switch OFF and it acts just like the original harness when you roll the volume off, in case you missed that part.
Anyone try heatless solder ???
Kyle what Amp is that in the backing track?😱 Sounds F'ing glorious!🤘
How am I supposed to my hands warm in my basement without burning my hands and fingers?
I went to their site but I'm not seeing it. Will it be updated soon?
It should show up within the next hour or two. I read 9 AM release but it might be Pacific Time
@@belligerentamateur thanks so much!
I think solderless wiring harness' are worse than actually soldering!! I taught myself how to solder because of a wireless harness (l9ng story).
Soldering is easy 🤷♂️ Less expensive, too
CAN ANY PICK WORK? THANKS..
Nice Allen Iverson reference at 0:10.
Poor GLEEEEEEEN! 😂
Great intro 🎉
I needed this
Hey Kyle, do you have a PO Box? I’ve got a pedal I want to send for you to check out.
shoot me an email - splawnquickrod@gmail.com
Nice lookin' Les Paul.
Maybe soon they will make a left handed set.
ready for the USA ESP vid 🤤
Who else thought this was going to be a GuitarFetish video?
A les paul who's bright and clear??
SoLder not “sodder”
saughter
Guess i taught myself soldering for nothing 😄😂
Nah,it just means you don't need to try other dubious alternatives.
You know the 'L' isn't silent in the word solder right?
Say it "sauder" saying the L is taking an L
'Muricans
@@infinidominionSay "mirror"........you can't can you, sit down and wait for your daily plate of crayons, you're dribbling.
depends if your a guitarist that pays to play or poor as hell and had no choice but to learn to solder and set up your guitar or not play that be me
Interesting
lmao yeah sawdur is hard.
wtf is sodering ?????
wtf is with all the ?????
@@belligerentamateur wtf is with your inability to say the "L" soldering lol ????
Nope. Soldering is the only way to go
I mean, no.