Keyboard shortcuts services narrowly limits key choices, why?

keyboard > shortcut > services > general will not take - Control > shift > "s" - as a command.
This would be for a Service created with Automator to open Safari.
I can open it safari with - Ctrl > opt > cmd > "s"
I would like to explore how to get ctrl>shft>s  command working.
I have used that shortcut for years with You Control, and can still do so. (I've shut that off, and do not have it on another machine.)
However, I wanted to work within the System.
Running Maverick 10.9.5 on a few different Mac Mini's. Same with all.
Thanks

That it does not work with ctrl-shift-s.
It does work with ctrl-option-cmd-s. 
I'm looking for a three finger launch sequence, not four finger. Any combination of three keys to include "s" does not work. Thus, shift-ctrl, or ctrl-opt, or ctl-cmd, or shift-option, etc PLUS "s" does not work - unless I missed a three finger combo that works.
PLUS I'm not aware of any Apple shortcut, nor do I know, or appreciate a reason Apple would deny my choice because it's saved that combination for another application or future use.
I thought someone might know a work around, or a way with Terminal to make it happen.
I'm going to leave the above answer. Though, preliminarily it appears running from the submenu as you suggested, it the work around. It does not hold through restarts. However, launching only one application from the Services submenu gets it started. Some of the key combinations do not show in the services submenu.  
But this is so much better.. 
Thank you so much.

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