APH-2's in PRS w/ 5 way rotary

[miata]

Hello everyone, I have an 06 PRS CE24 in which I am planning on putting APH-2 HBs (single conductor) in. Currently I have the PRS HFS/VB pickups (5 way rotary, 1 volume, 1 tone).

Assuming I am still keeping the 5 way, based on the info I gathered online and what I found out using a multimeter, I am planning on wiring in this way:

- Shield/braid to jack shield (this is how it is currently done with the PRS pickups)
- HB bridge black wire to PRS HB bridge white wire terminal (bridge HB in the 10 position)
- HB neck black wire to PRS HB beck black terminal (neck HB in the 6 position)
- Short the red wire terminals on the rotary ( to get parallel full pickup in 8/middle position)

Has anyone done this before? It seems like it should work. The coils will be shorted in the in between positions (7 and 9) which should be ok.
Do I even need to flip the magnet in my proposed config (since i am not using coils in series)?

Below are the PRS schematics and thanks in advance

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: APH-2's in PRS w/ 5 way rotary

Single conductor + shield humbuckers will not work with the stock PRS switching.

Your options are;
1) modify the pickup output cabling
2) simplify the switching system.

On the stock rotary selector, position "8" is the stud pole coils of each humbucker linked in series and electrically in phase with each other. Single con + braided shield pickups cannot be connected in this manner without adding a bunch of noise.

Obtaining the output of both humbuckers on in the conventional parallel, in phase combination would require a strip and rebuild of the selector switch. This is possible, if tedious, on the older "wafer" type switch. On the PCB type illustrated above, the PCB tracks would need modifying.

 

[miata]

Re: APH-2's in PRS w/ 5 way rotary

Thanks funkfingers for the reply.

I actually figured it out. Below is how I wired it up for anyone who needs a diagram.
-Bridge black wire to trebble white and red terminals
-Neck black wire to bass black and red terminals
-Shields of both HBs soldered to shield of output Jack.

This gives me the following with the rotary:
-Pos 10: Bridge HB
-Pos 9: Both HBs shorted to ground.
-Pos 8: HBs in parallel
-Pos 7: Both HBs shorted to ground
-Pos 6: Neck HB

So far, I really like it. I think it suits the guitar. It has less bite than the HFS/JB but has great sustain.