Pickup change out and mod question

Ok so I'm switching out my pickups on my LTD M-50 and changing the tone pot to a push/pull pot for coil splitting. I used the schematic at the address listed below and combined it with how my guitar was wired before and drew a new schematic that is hopefully the correct wiring for the mod with my guitar. LTD's for those of you who don't know use a different type of three way switch than the Les Paul type guitars which is shown in this schematic. http://www.guitarelectronics.com/c=28sO4YOEmEcsRkZZFByZ5udis/product/WDUHH3T1104

So I'm in the middle of things right now. I am hooking up the first pickup. They are seymour duncans with 4-conductor wires. Now my question is, are the four different wires (5 if you count the bare) supposed to be so spread out? I've had to cut back about 2 inches on the shielding to get the individual wires to spread out to where I think they are supposed to go. I realize that at this point I could be destroying both pickups, but I really want to learn by doing this stuff hands on. If it comes down to where things start looking really bad, I will take it to a shop, but until then, suggestions only on how to wire this thing please.
Thanks guys

On my Gibson, I don't have the pups tapped. So, everything is wired close together. If I wanted to tap it, the wires would be spread out a lot. I have Seymore Duncans with 4-conductor wiring too. An Invader and a Dimebucker to be exact.

Thanks for the reply. I was getting really worried I had screwed up my pickups. Now I guess I just need to make sure the wires are going to the right place.

Thanks for the help. Well I sort of completed the mod, but it's not working exactly as it's supposed to. The guitar works when the pickup selector is at it's top position, but it won't work at the middle or bottom position. Here's my wiring diagram. I used colors, but not symbols. So if you have any questions just ask.


When I saved the picture to a JPEG it seems as if it took out parts of some of the wires. But hopefully everyone can still see where the wires go.

What's the value of the cap?

did you draw that yourself? it looks like CRAP.

I'm not sure of the value of the cap. I'll have to check when I get home tonight.

Thanks to the guy who thinks my diagram looks like crap. Since you're such a genius, why can't you figure out the wiring from just a drawing with only 1 electrical engineering symbol on it?

Ok well just incase anyone is interested, I've taken the guitar to the local shop to have it worked on by someone who I hope knows what they're doing. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.