es 345 wiring

[guitarteck]

Hey everyone im in a jam, I need a diagram for wiring a 64 es345 all i find are schematics, which i cant understand, HELP!!!!!

[Old Tele man]

...sorry, but Gibson only published "schematics" never any "diagrams," unlike old & new Fender.

[hariossa]

Maybe you can get a clearer idea from the images on this blog:

Chicago Fret Works – Guitar Repair » Blog Archive » Vintage 1965 Gibson ES345 Wiring Repair

The schematic looks like a regular Gibson 2 vol 2 tone + the varitone switch parallel to the output from the switch.

[Old Tele man]

...something else to consider, Gibson used both 'stereo' and 'mono' Varitone units; for example: EX-345TDN-SVT where SVT = Stereo Vari-Tone

...I had one.

[David Schwab]

...sorry, but Gibson only published "schematics" never any "diagrams," unlike old & new Fender.

That's not true. Here's a wiring diagram for the L6-S

http://www.gibson.com/Files/schematics/L6Swiring.PDF

They also did diagrams for the LP Recording guitar and others.

But most of the time they did schematics.

http://www.gibson.com/Files/schematics/ES345.PDF

Here's where all the schematics and diagrams are:

Gibson Support: Wiring Diagrams and Schematics