Not everything was better in the past: wiring diagrams

[Ret Samzzaj]

I remember soldering a Fender Jaguar wiring harness for the first time many, many years ago. Back then, this was the diagram:



Needed a new Fender Jaguar Pure Vintage pickup set, and this came with it:



And from the same Pure Vintage pickup series, the Jazzmaster:



When soldering these harnesses for the first time, things have improved over time

[Fiddy]

I think, id prefer to work off the older one.

Simple is good sometimes. What does bug me about older diagrams is the shitty resolution they've been scanned with.

[hexes]

old style is much easier for me to read. agreed with tribi that the scanned copies are an absolute wreck these days, but the basic electrical symbols are there: capacitors, switches, resistors, ground wires...