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Old June 30th, 2009, 08:53 PM   #10 (permalink)
jivetrain
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Originally Posted by garymaddox View Post
the main reason a cheap cable makes such a difference is the length of it. The distance between pots or the jack are very short.
the 70's reissues with upper bout selector switches have a 20" wire going to the output; in a normal tele i'm not sure if there's any comparable length of wire. in a standard tele i probably wouldn't bother fiddling with it.

i tried to make sure the length of the new wire was exactly the same as the old one, just in case the capacitance could be changed or something like that. maybe people don't mess with their internal wiring for fear of altering the capacitance with different wire lengths or gauges, i don't know how sensitive the electronics inside the guitar are to these sorts of changes...

i used the same strings i had before after rewiring. one of the great benefits of slotted tuners...
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