Putting Glen's Loom in a non C58 RIC

[remstar]

Has anyone ever done this?

I know its possible, but am looking for opinions before doing it myself.

thanks

[deaconblues]

I'm not sure why you'd want to specifically put this harness into another guitar.

If the goal is to make another guitar sound like a 325, the '58 harness isn't really going to help much.

If the goal is just to change the switching options, I would ask what sounds you are looking for. There are many ways to customize the controls.

[admin]

I did this with my 350. Glen designed a loom that allowed for all seven pickup combinations. It works very nicely. I picked up a couple of tones not available with the standard RIC wiring not the least of which was the neck and bridge pickup together. A must in my view. In any case, Glen does great work and used high quality components. I am very glad I made the decision to go ahead with it.

[glen_l]

Thanks for the kind words Peter. It's very true the the loom, whilst originally intended to compliment the 325c58, is just as effective in any 3 pickup model - full or small scale. It's also unobtrusive, and more intuitive to use than other methods, such as rewiring the mixer control as a middle pickup control. There are also various ways to customise the wiring to suit the particular guitar and owner. I recall Peter's 350 was customised to suit.

[Medicus1963]

Paul,
Which guitar do you want to modify ? It is right the loom makes only sense for a three pickup guitar !
I am the owner of two of these wonderful looms and am very happy, complete new guitar and very versatile !
The loom in my mapleglo guitar identified a broken pickup, because in the standard wiring the neck and middle are wired together and i did not recognize before, the neck pickup was broken.
So it is also a broken pickup detector

Peter

p.s.: i am not payed by Glen for these words , i really think the loom is a great piece of guitar work !!