100% authentic and unretouched historic photo. Hehe.
How to get dozens — if not hundreds — of tones from two humbuckers.
Back during Led Zeppelin’s heyday, Jimmy Page conceived a custom wiring scheme that conjured an incredible number of tones from a two-pickup Les Paul.
The Pagey Project literally starts where Jimmy left off. Phase One recreates his original wiring scheme using four push/pull pots. Phase Two takes it to greater extremes using push/pulls, Seymour Duncan Triple Shot Mounting Rings, and an onboard version of the germanium boost circuit we built in Tonefiend DIY Club.
The links below show you how to build either version — or pick and choose only the details you want for a custom creation.
tonefiend.com posts:
- Pagey Project: Announcement
- Pagey Project: Prelude
- Pagey Proejct: Phase 1
- Pagey Project, Phase 2
- Pagey Project: Postscript
demos:
wiring diagrams:
Wow, thank you for the info. Very interesting
Regards
Norm
Hi Joe, I really like your Triple Shot Page wiring! Great sounds. I have one question though: I own a Duncan loaded PRS which only has one volume and one tone, could I make this wiring work without the second volume and tone? How should I wire it?
Thank you,
Kind regards,
Robin
There’s a diagram here: https://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2h_2ts_1v_1t
🙂
hmm, that one doesn’t seem to have the phase switch and the series/parallel switch which I like about your sound. Would it be possible to add those with 2 push/pulls, but without the second tone and volume? (so basicly the same wiring as your triple shot Jimi Page wiring, minus one volume and one tone pot)
Gr. Robin
D’oh! Try this one: https://cdn.seymourduncan.com/pdfs/support/schematics/2ts_1v_1t_phsp.pdf
Joe, you’re a hero. Thanks a lot!
Naw, just a schmo with a soldering iron. But thanks! 😉