PRS 5-way rotary switch to 3-way toggle coversion???

[visualrocker69]

Hi, is it possible to do this conversion? 5-way rotary pickup switcher to the conventional 3-way toggle and add a push/pull pot to the tone knob for coil tapping? Can a PRS dealer/repair center do this?

Thanks!

[02Singlecut]

Yes it's called McCarty wiring and it should be diagramed on the PRS website. Any tech can do it.

[Michael Rohr]

yeah its not a big deal. I looked into it when I had PRS fever a while back. You'll have to buy a push pull tone pot and a three way switch. Its supposed to be pretty elementary wiring. Any tech could do it though. Shouldn't cost you over $100-$150 in all. I would suspect it would cost closer to $100, maybe a piece less if you get a deal.

[Sniper-V]

Very easy to do and be sure to add that coil tap on the tone knob for more versatility.

I was going to do that same when I first got a 5-way rotary PRS.
But,
I gave it a fair shot and I'm glad I kept it.
There are sweet inbetween tones with the 5-way that can't be had with the 3-way.

[walterw]

it is indeed easy, as the cavity is already routed with a channel to fit a right-angle switchcraft toggle. however, you will have to widen the hole ever so slightly.

[papersoul]

I hate coil splitting of any kind and use humbuckers for everything so I ditched the whole 5 way rotary and coil splitting thing. Now, I just go straight up three way toggle in the CE-22 with some Stan Hinelsy midrange controls in the tone slot.

[papersoul]

You have to think about what is easiest to use if you play live or jam with guys a lot. Do you switch to a new setting and leave it for a song or do you change settings, pickups, etc within a song? With the 5 rotary, I find it tough to switch to the inbetween positions or neck position and back, while playing. However, if you need to split the coils and change pickups using a toggle and split pot, that can be tough. Looking down and having to turn the knob to a new setting is not easy during a performance. The problem with converting is then you have the issue of noise since you'll have true split singles and not like the 5 way rotary which always has two coils active.