I am restoring a Gorgar. The insert board sustained water damage and is unusable. I have made a copy of the insert board, and now it is time to add the general illumination to it. I have all the wiring and lamp sockets still attached to the original. Some of the lamp sockets are in good shape, some are quite rusted, covered in paint, or have thumbtacks stuck inside them to shield them when the originial owner tried to repaint the board.

My question is, should I just transfer the old wiring to my new board, using the current GI braided wiring and just replace the lamp sockets that don't work, or should I start from scratch? I don't really want to buy a million lamp sockets if I can avoid it. On the other hand I don't want to spend hours of frustartion trying to save the current wiring and sockets if it's not going to work anyway.

Has anybody else out there done something like this? I've read on this site about using picture hanging wire in place of the braided GI wire as an inexpensive alternative. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks pinballnut. I'm leaning towards doing the whole thing from scratch. Maybe recycle what sockets are in good shape and replace the rest. Might be a good chance to work on my poor soldering skills.

Haven't seen an LED strip. I'm using LED bulbs that replace the #44 bulbs (warm white, frosted) but fit in standard #44 sockets. What is an LED strip?