[ramonesfreak]

i think a coil tap is worth it. i didnt do mine yet...just connected them and tucked em away for now but i will some day

with a les paul you have far less options than my SG standard because you dont have the pick guard to drill into..you would have to drill into wood to install a mini switch. but, you can remove one of your pots and replace with a push/pull pot so that when you pull it out, the bucker is now single or vice versa...look up jimmy page wiring on you tube to see examples...i wouldnt drill into a les paul to install a toggle switch

you can also wire up a tone pot that instead of being a tone control, will be a blend knob...in one full direction it will be humbucker and one full direction the other way will be single and in between, you can blend the levels of the two....this is the most useful method in my opinion unless you really use that tone knob to roll off highs

there are many interesting things you can do once you get comfortable with a soldering iron

also, cover your guitar. i drank too much coffee and was shaky and dripped a big gob of solder on the back and it melted the lacquer....i was so excited that i was rushing to do it...take your time and think it out. its all very very simple actually. after 27 years of playing, this was my first time and it was a breeze after i read some stuff on line and thought about what was going on with the wires and practiced my soldering technique

i bought a radio shack iron with a switch for 25 or 40 watts. i found the 40 watts to be much better for this job especially for the back of the pot

and flux is very good to help disperse the solder

i watched a lot of you tube vids on soldering guitar pots/pick ups etc...and that was all i needed to get the hang of it