P-rail Wiring Help

[Firebird211]

I do see one big problem on the diagram... The tops of the switches that jump to the other switch are crossed, as in the neck is getting connected to the bridge through them.  Each of the switch rails should jump over to the rail that is also switching wires for the same pickup.  That might cause some wicked hum. :icon_scratch:

 

[Firebird211]

Now that I am free from work...  :icon_tongue: This may help you out, the circuit you have is correct as far as I can see, but the swapping of those wires is an easy mistake to make.  It's not 2 vols and 1 tone, but the switch connections are there.

 

[Nicholasdaniel]

I can't fix it... The hum won't go away and the switch isn't working right I obviously couldn't fill in the blanks as to what was missing I think I might start over

 

[Firebird211]

I can't fix it... The hum won't go away and the switch isn't working right I obviously couldn't fill in the blanks as to what was missing I think I might start over

That sucks, You may have created other problems chasing down the original problem, and now it's confusing as to whats going on. :icon_scratch:  I think before you scrap it and start over I would compare how your switch is wired to the Duncan Diagram.  Like I was saying, and you probably already checked, the two black wires that jump one push-pull to the other have to be jumping to the wires on the same pickup, or else you are going to get some unpredictable results.  The first diagram you were looking at had the green,white from the bridge connecting to the red, green wires from the neck.  If this is the case, it won't matter what position that the switches are in, none of the pickups circuits are complete.  The neck and the bridge are just fighting against each other, and I have no idea as to how bad that would sound.  If this is the case just swap the two black jumpers on one of the switches, and that will correct the mismatch.  If that's not it the easiest way I can tell you to solve the problem without starting over is ignore the extra push-pull wiring first and focus on the main connections.  If those are right, then double check the push-pull switches.  Another problem if everything else is good is a bad ground connection.  I always hook up a continuity meter up to the guitar's ground then poke around at the various points that are suppose to be grounded too.  I do that as I am building the circuit so I don't get any suprises when it's all done.  :sign13: I hope you checked those jumpers because it looks the same as the other diagram at first glance, but it's really not. It might be a little hard for me to do, but you can take a picture of it and I might be able to pick out the problem just by looking at the wires.  I wish you luck, and I would be happy to answer any questions you come across. :dontknow:

 

[Rickgrxbass]

Since I just went through the same mess, here's some of the things I screwed up (stupid tiny-ass PRS control cavities!)

-missed jumper on tone push/pull (green-to-green across the switch)
-ground wires not all grounded together
-ground wires shorting out hot wires
-hot leads run to wrong post on switch (I seem to always do this, no matter how many times I look at it beforehand)

Also try and make sure you didn't dribble solder so as to short any switch lugs together...

Don't get discouraged, they're great pickups when you do finally get them wired up right!

 

[Nicholasdaniel]

Thank you for your help the deliema has been solved I'll try to post the final
Schematic I ended up using with some tweaks I made thanks supertele and firebird for your help