McCarty wiring harness—replicate?

[Air_Cooled_Driver]

Hi all, I’m building a bit of a Frankenstein guitar and putting current Core McCarty electronics (including 58/15 LT TCIs) into it. For the wiring, I am starting with the multi-conductor drop-in, but that presents me with two problems: (1) it doesn’t match the wiring diagrams I can find for the 594s, and (2) I am a little unclear how to wire in the second tone and volume pots.

Any wiring diagrams or photos you would recommend, especially those showing the resistors/capacitors?

 

[show_a_little_faith]

Try this thread: https://forums.prsguitars.com/threads/58-15-lt-tci-wiring-question.53511/

 

[Simon Says]

Hi all, I’m building a bit of a Frankenstein guitar and putting current Core McCarty electronics (including 58/15 LT TCIs) into it. For the wiring, I am starting with the multi-conductor drop-in, but that presents me with two problems: (1) it doesn’t match the wiring diagrams I can find for the 594s, and (2) I am a little unclear how to wire in the second tone and volume pots.

Any wiring diagrams or photos you would recommend, especially those showing the resistors/capacitors?

Try page 7 here

PRS Wiring Mods Resource Thread

I did some digging, probing, pushing, pulling and palpating and here's the answer to the five-wire 85/15TCI pickup colour codes. The request for wiring info comes up fairly frequently here on PRS forum, so I hope it will be off use to some. 85/15 TCI Bridge: - GREEN Screw/South coil Start - RED...

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[Air_Cooled_Driver]

Outstanding, thank you! I will post up the final results!

 

[Air_Cooled_Driver]

A question: the PRS volume pots come with what looks like a little capacitor across two lugs on the volume pots. Is that a treble bleed? Do I want to leave that on there? I don’t see that reflected in Simon Says’s wiring diagram for the 594 or on the official PRS diagram, but I don’t know if those are just considered to be standard parts on the pots such that they wouldn’t be individually labeled on the diagram.

 

[Air_Cooled_Driver]

Like in the images on this page (I got the pot directly from PRS).

500K Medium-Shaft Potentiometer with 180pF Capacitor

Designed for surface-mounting, this potentiometer offers 500k ohm resistance and featuresa 180pF capacitor type for better frequency handling. The 180pF capacitor acts as a highpass filter removing shelved low-end, allowing high frequencies through for more clarity and musical highs as you roll...

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[aphantomvaper]

A question: the PRS volume pots come with what looks like a little capacitor across two lugs on the volume pots. Is that a treble bleed? Do I want to leave that on there? I don’t see that reflected in Simon Says’s wiring diagram for the 594 or on the official PRS diagram, but I don’t know if those are just considered to be standard parts on the pots such that they wouldn’t be individually labeled on the diagram.

It is a treble bleed.