SD Liberator and PRS pickups with 5 way rotary switch

bd101

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Hello, I'm hoping that somebody can help me out.
I have an early 90s PRS CE24, changed the original Vintage Bass (neck) and HFS (bridge) pickups to Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates neck and bridge pickups. I was happy with the neck pickup but unhappy with the bridge PG(I did flip the magnet).
I bought a wiring kit for my Les Paul Custom that makes changing pickups easier (and solderless) and decided to try both Pearly Gates in it. (I still dislike the bridge(after flipping back the magnet) but like the neck for what it's worth)
So I pulled out the SDs from my CE24 and connected the Liberator to the 5-way switch the way the SD pickups were wired to it. I want to install the original PRS pickups back into the CE24 for the time being.

Now that I am looking online for diagrams on how the PRS pickups should be wired to get the 5 sounds from the original wiring I am having problems.
It looks like the SD pickups connect to different tabs on the rotary switch than the original PRS pickups did (for the same 5 different sounds).
Can anybody help on which holes on the Liberator to plug my PRS pickup wires into to get the 5 pickup sound options with the Liberator wired to the 5-way rotary switch for SD pickups?
 
Re: SD Liberator and PRS pickups with 5 way rotary switch

Welcome to the forum!

I am sure there are people on here that have translated PRS wiring color codes to SD's. The annoying part of pickup-making is that there are no standards as to what color the wires are. Companies agree to the shape and form of a humbucker (mostly) but not wiring colors. It is unlikely they will agree anytime soon. Consider this a friendly bump.
 
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