Need Pickup Wiring Help!! Putting USA 8515 pickups in SE Custom 24

[DustinCo]

Hey everyone, could use some help here. I have a 2018 SE Custom 24 that has a 3 way blade switch, volume, and push/pull coil tap/split (same thing?). I recently purchased some used American made 8515 pickups from a buddy to install in my SE, I planned to install them the exact same way as the original ones, which is switch is Treble, treble & Bass, and bass and then same when the push/pull is out, but split coils/taps.

so, everything was going good, got the back open to plan my attack and ran into a snag. The original G&B SE 8515s pickups have 5 wires (one bare) vs the USA PRS 8515 pickups which have 2 wires (3 with braided shield considered as one).

my question is, how can I install these so that the USA 2 or 3 wire pickups function identical to the original 5 wire pickups with only 2 wires? PRS support said to use black as “hot”, white as tap/split, and the braided shield as ground. If that’s the case, why do the Korean ones have 5 wires?

Any help or even better, schematic showing the wiring for these 2 wire US pickups in the SE would be awesome!! The guitar has 1 volume knob, 1 PRS Push/pull tone knob, 3 way blade switch, and output jack. Appreciate any help! Will try to attach pictures of what I have soon, but can’t figure out how to post them now, so I’ll follow up. Thanks!!!

 

[DustinCo]

Sorry, here is what the pickups have coming off them as wiring goes:
US 8515:
-1 Black wire with steel braided shield covering
-1 White

SE 8515s:
-1 Black
-1 White
-1 Green
-1 Red
-1 Bare

 

[Callan]

With 4 wires you have a few more options, such as series/parallel switching.
But with the switching you are after, you don't need those extra options.
Maybe have a look at this, should be close to what you need:
http://www.prsguitars.com/documents/mccarty_2017.pdf

 

[DustinCo]

Awesome, thanks!! Think you’re right, seems like if I use the black as hot and white as split it should work. Guess I can always try and if it doesn’t work, go from there. Thanks for the help!!

 

[Ovibos]

The neck and ground wires can be different colors for the bass and treble pickups, at least on the 4-conductors. So if it all sounds weird, then they’re out of phase.