PRS 57/08 Pickup Wiring Help

[lyricbread]

Hello everyone!

Long story short…

I have a 2009 PRS CE-24 that was converted from the 5-way rotary switch to a 3-way with a CTS push/pull tone pot.

I’m in the process of installing a set of PRS 57/08 pickups using the resistor method. The pickups have a 3 conductor wiring (black, white, and red) with a braided shielding. I followed the PRS DGT wiring and something is definitely not right.

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for this setup or advice on how to wire it up? I’m assuming (based on the DGT wiring) that the black/braided goes to ground, white to coil split, and red to the 3-way?

Also, the original neck pickup was flipped, I’m assuming to position the split coil closer to the neck. Is this necessary with the 57/08’s?

Thanks!

 

[alantig]

Sorry for the delay - I wanted to get some pics of the control cavity on my 57/08 SC245. It's one of the special run from 2008, and it got out of the factory with a coil tap. I took the pics yesterday - and found out today I already had a better set of pics.

So here they are.

 

[TFC]

In case you still haven't figured it out, I can tell you what I've done with my CE24 that has the same configuration as yours: 57/08s, 3-way switch w/push-pull coil split. I'm pretty sure I used a PRS McCarty wiring diagram but I can't seem to find it right now.

Bridge:
black --> bottom lug on push-pull pot
red --> middle lug on push-pull pot
white --> 3-way switch

Neck:
black --> 3-way switch
red --> middle lug on push-pull pot
white --> bottom lug on push-pull pot

There's no need to flip the neck pickup. At least, I've never done that.

Here are some photos. It's a bit messy in there but maybe it'll help. Feel free to ask about anything if you need more info.

 

[Malloc]

With 3 conductor wiring red is the series link that you ground through a resistor instead of the white wire that you’ll find on braided shield style single conductor.

 

[TFC]

I found the wiring diagram you need: https://d159anurvk4929.cloudfront.net/documents/custom3waytoggle.pdf

 

[BabyDracula]

Here is what I was told by PRS and I modified their 594 diagram to match.
I did have a question - where do the (black/shield and white/shield) ground wires from the pickups go [?]

 

[rcsrich]

Here is what I was told by PRS and I modified their 594 diagram to match.
I did have a question - where do the (black/shield and white/shield) ground wires from the pickups go [?]

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The black/shield and white/shield get grounded to the top of the push-pull tone pot...at least that's how I did mine. This was super helpful...I swapped out the stock bridge pickup in my S2 single cut for a 57/08 and tried to base the wiring on the existing pickup. When I plugged in the guitar, got nothing. So I rewired the new pickup based on this diagram and presto... success! Some great Angus Young/classic rock tones... will replace the neck PU eventually when I have the cash & time.