Triple Shot wiring?

wishUwerehere

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Gah, posting on a new forum is always nerve-wracking. Hopefully this is in the right area. Anyways.

Modding my PRS SE Custom with a Model 59 in the neck and an SH-5 in the bridge. Fairly common setup from what I've gathered. Putting Triple Shots on both pickups for versatility - I've seen mixed reviews, but I like what's going on with them so far (haven't finished the mod yet).

My issue is that, for whatever reason, I'm not getting any sound from the bridge pickup when it's in series mode or when the south coil is off. Logic would say that the north coil is bad. So I broke out the multimeter and tested the coils independently - both produce outputs in the expected range, and I get good readings when testing them together in series. So the pickup is fine.

Next I thought the Triple-Shot might be bad. Tested that, too. Again, got expected resistances in all positions - moderately lower resistance through the individual coils, significantly lower output in parallel.

So I'm out of ideas. If there's another post like this I apologize. I searched, but didn't come up with anything.

The guitar has a 2 humbucker, 1 volume 1 tone configuration. I'm 99% sure I have everything wired correctly. I suppose I could yank out all the original wiring and rewire the whole thing if necessary. Strange thing is, the first time I installed the Triple shot, the south coil wouldn't work. Now the north won't. Any ideas?
 
Re: Triple Shot wiring?

Short or bad solder joint or both.
Reflow your solder and wrap any bare wires with black electrical tape.
 
Re: Triple Shot wiring?

I was gonna say the bare wire may be touching something once it's all squeezed into place.
 
Re: Triple Shot wiring?

Short somewhere. Perhaps the bare ground wire. Check all solder joints making sure they are smooth and wet looking. Use a high heat soldering iron (40 watts min) but keep it in contact just long enough to get the solder to flow. Many people make the mistake of using a low watt iron and they have to keep it in contact with what they are soldering for a long time to get the solder to melt. And sometimes they end up with a "pile" of solder that looks dry instead of a thin shiny puddle. This has a tendency to cook some of the electronics and kill them.
 
Re: Triple Shot wiring?

Thanks for the insights. I did use a 25-watt iron. Hopefully I didn't kill my brand-new electronics with it. I'll reflow my joints and make sure no wires are touching. My joints are pretty clean considering the low-wattage iron - I had a good teacher (electrical engineer and audio equipment hobbyist for many years) who showed me what good joints and bad joints look like.

You guys are great. Thanks for the help.
 
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