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Seymour Duncan / PRS Silver Sky wiring question.

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cbilly22cbilly22 Frets: 349
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Hi all, just wondering if anyone here has experience of installing Seymour Duncan single coil sized 'buckers in a PRS Silver Sky SE?

I have just ordered a Lil' Screamin' Demon to pop in the bridge of my SE SS as I love the full size one I have elsewhere. Was just wondering if I need to reverse the wiring on the SD as per pairing with fender single coils. 
I know it's not a huge job to re-solder it in if it does work out of phase with the middle pickup, but it'll save me a bit of time to know beforehand. 

Cheers.
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  • MusicwolfMusicwolf Frets: 3376
    I put a JB Jnr in the bridge of my Core Silver Sky.

    Firstly, it fit size-wise without any problems

    I didn't, as far as I can recall, reverse the wiring.  I did fit a pull-push tone pot so that I could split the bridge and I made it a 'partial split' by putting, I think, a 1K resistor in the path to ground which stops the split sound being quite so thin.

    https://www.starbelly.me/


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  • MusicwolfMusicwolf Frets: 3376
    I found this online which seems to correctly show the original wiring.  It's different to a typical Strat


    https://www.starbelly.me/


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  • cbilly22cbilly22 Frets: 349
    edited September 2023
    Thank you @Musicwolf ;;

    I'll drop it in without reversing then. Won't be using split option so hopefully nice and simple, even if I have to reverse it.
    Cheers.
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  • cbilly22cbilly22 Frets: 349
    Quick update for anyone who may do a similar mod.

    The SD Lil Screamin Demon does indeed need it's wires reversed to play normally with the PRS SE Silver Sky single coils, as per Fender single coils.
    So, green to switch and black to earth.
    Drops in perfectly and, as with every Screamin' Demon I've fitted to anything, sounds bloody marvellous. Definitely my favourite humbucker, as well as being the most poorly named. Said it before, but if they called something less aggressive, it would probably be Seymour Duncan's biggest seller.. It's just a really open sounding, slightly hotter PAF and seems to work in practically any guitar.

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