Wiring Diagram Help

[ESPImperium]

Now on shielding duty via this Covid fun im now getting around to getting the Tremonti Treble and 57/07 neck installed into my SE Custom 22. Got all the hardware installed, like my new MannMade block and saddles and Gotoh Tuners. Then got to the important stuff, the electronics, i want the same diagram that i used for the 59/09s in my Mushock Baritone.

Only problem, ive got a massive ground hum, issue and also a massive issue in little to no volume. I used the drop in harness and jack socket. I just don't see how it could have gone wrong. Ill see if i can post a picture of my laughably poor soldering job later on.

Can the Tremonti Treble be placed into this diagram below???

https://www.prsguitars.com/documents/customs_2017.pdf

Or is it time to just cut them losses and just do a standard 3 way blade switch with a 1 meg volume pot and a no load tone and just have 3 sounds, Bridge, Bridge/Middle & Neck only?

Much thanks in advance.

 

[Malloc]

There’s no reason you can’t use those pickups with the 5 way blade. Please post some shots, but in the meantime do you have a multimeter?

 

[ESPImperium]

I do have a multimeter. What do you want me to check?

 

[Malloc]

Start with a quick impedance check. If you don’t want to disassemble it yet put in a cord, flip to bridge pickup active, dime the volume, and measure ohms between the hot tip and ground sleeve. You should see ~15k ohms if it’s not shorted somewhere. Repeat for the other positions and all of them should be in the k’s of ohms range.

 

[ESPImperium]

Great news, found the issue. It was the jack socket, it came with a faulty one, changed it over, it now works.

However, the Tremonti is reading about the 8K mark on the multimeter. Thing is, Im now thinking about changing it to a 59/09 Astorias keep things simple. Thinking about putting my Tremonti in my S2 Vela or a SE 245 as Im gonna get rid of my Les Paul as it just can't stay in tune for long enough, i need guitars that stay in tune long enough.

Ive got a few pickups to choose from, ive got a Seymour Duncan Nazgul and Pegasus to choose from as well, if there's a way i can interpret the Seymour Duncan wiring into the the PRS Diagram.

 

[Malloc]

Glad you found it. Adding anything SD to a PRS 5 way switching wouldn’t be a problem if the pickup has 3 or 4 conductor wiring.

 

[ESPImperium]

Ive now found a second problem that may not be making the Tremonti perform at the 16-17K mark. I have twinned the green and white wire together, and not the green and red one. Going to do one more modification today, using a on/on switch, switch between the full humbucker and the tapped version.

Time to get the drill out i think. Or do it via a tapped knob. It may be the drill.