HSS Strat wiring with Harness

ezas

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I have an SSS routed Strat body that currently has 3 single coils. The pickguard is wired using a harness from TFN. All connections come out of the harness to tails. The three pickups, the output and the wire to connect to the claw/ground. I'm installing a Li'l Screamin Demon in the bridge and using this diagram as a guide: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1h_2s_1v_2t_5w

I'm not doing any coil tapping or in/out phase, etc.

For the bridge PU I have a tail from the wiring harness that has a white and black wire. In the SSS setup the white wire of the bridge connected to the white wire of the tail (and to the switch) and the black wire from the PU to the black wire of the tail (and to ground).

Looking at the HSS diagram it looks like I would attach black from the mini hum to the white wire in the bridge tail since that goes to the 5-way switch.

Red and White from the mini-hum are easy, connect and tape off.

My question is how should I handle green and bare from the pickup and the black wire from the harness? I'm thinking green to the black wire and bare to the back of the pot. Or should I just take both green and bare to the black wire from the wiring harness since it all goes to ground eventually?
 

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Non-split 4-wire Seymour Duncans wiring should be:
Bare & Green to Ground
White & Red to each other
Black to pup selector
1h_2s_1v_2t_5w.jpg

Wiring color varies by manufacturer, and SD has a nice image of the big name pup companies color codes.
 
I got the Li'l Screamin Demon installed tonight. I had to reverse the leads to get the pickup in phase. Black from the PUp ended up going to ground and White to the switch. Maybe It's because the guitar has a RWRP middle PUp. But it was clearly out of phase the way I originally wired it. Anyway it's done now.

I played the guitar long enough to know I don't want a hum in the bridge of my mini-strat. My friend likes it so far but he has only spend a little time with it at inside volumes so far. I mean inside, night time, in an apartment, volumes. Tomorrow it will get a better workout.
 
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