About to pull the trigger on a PRS - need a wiring diagram

James Henry

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Going to be either a 245SE Standard. A Tremonti / black with the birds and binding, a Bernie Black (although I don't like the knob placement), or a Friedman.

I'm going to put the following in it.
Bareknuckle Warpig
Schroeder Bridge and locking studs (assume I need metric)
Schaller Locking tuners

What I'm wondering is this.
On my Jackson, I have coil taps, meaning I can flip a switch and have single coils. I think that is called coil tap? Sorry, not much of an electric guy.
I see on some diagrams they have push / pull pots? I'm assuming this is the same thing except instead of an external switch, you use the pot.

Now I have a couple questions
1. What is the proper POT to get. Link would be appreciated. Would need volume push / pull and tone.
2. I need a diagram. I found a good one, but it says north, south for the wires. I need one that lists the colors.

I do solder, I have a $200 soldering station. Copper shielding. Vintage cloth wire. I just redid a buddy's Jackson with new pickups. The issue I had was I ordered the wrong length shaft for the pots. Being I know nothing about PRS guitars, I'm looking for some guidance if someone on here would be so kind.

Thanks
 
Metric studs.
Coil splits on humbuckers. You shut down one coil with the switch. Coil tap is a little different.
Push pull audio taper pots.
Bare knuckle sell the pots. That's where I got mine. You'll need to ream the holes to accept the new pots.
Bare knuckle should have the wiring diagrams. I have a diagram for the Bernie that may be of help if you went that route, though it's not for coil splitting.
Short shaft.
 
Metric studs.
Coil splits on humbuckers. You shut down one coil with the switch. Coil tap is a little different.
Push pull audio taper pots.
Bare knuckle sell the pots. That's where I got mine. You'll need to ream the holes to accept the new pots.
Bare knuckle should have the wiring diagrams. I have a diagram for the Bernie that may be of help if you went that route, though it's not for coil splitting.
Short shaft.


Thanks, anybody else on the wiring diagram, everything I see is coil tap or the push / pull on the tone instead of the volume. I thought this was going to be simple to find.

I think this is what I need, but I don't understand the series / parallel thing.

I've also read that the SE's require short leg pickups.
I'm wondering if 50mm is ok? Don't want to have to break out the dremel :eek:
 
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