Need help deciphering a guitar wiring diagram

[pine]

The attached is the service manual for my guitar, and on page 4 it shows the pickup wiring. Each pickup has 3 terminals on it labelled "P" "E" and "C". Can anyone tell me what they mean?

Thanks for your time,

[Jazz P Bass]

I do not know the exact term for P or E.
C is common.
I would suspect the P & E are simply designators so you get the polarity correct.

[Phostenix]

One is the hot lead, one is the ground lead, the other is the coil split. The wiring diagram is hard to follow, but it looks like the 2 braided shields are tied to the E and the inner wires of the 2 cables are tied to P & C. The cable tied to C goes to the coil split switch, the cable tied to P goes to the volume pot (in both cases). My guess is Positive, Earth, & Coil (split).

[big_teee]

If you in fact have 2 DPDT Switches like the picture, You can use one to split both pickups.
Use the other switch to wire the bridge Pickup Reverse Polarity.
You use the 2 switches with the 3 way switch and you get a number of combinations.
I did this on a customers guitar and it worked real slick.
Terry