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Ah yes the old wire the jack around the wrong way trick. I've done this so many times...

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Alkay can you please post a couple of close up photos of the PBG wiring ? Might give us some clues why you have no sound.

Have you run the earth wire from a bridge post to a common earthing point ?

Also your switch needs to be earthed

Hi everyone and thanks for the replies.

Yes, bridge post is grounded to the top of the Bridge Tone pot. Is this correct?

Yes, it was the jack wiring but I only have sound on the neck pickup after I fixed this.

Still getting allot of electronic interference. If I touch a string for example without hitting a note it's worse.

Here is a pic of the control cavity. I hope the resolution is ok.

Cheers,

Alkay.

Attachment 8746

....and here is the three way switch cavity.

Attachment 8747

I followed PBG's LP wiring video.
Yellow corresponds to neck pickup.
Orange corresponds to bridge pickup.
Black corresponds to the Grey wire in the video.
Green runs all the way through the body to the jack.

Here is a pic of the jack:

Attachment 8749

Ok,
So another update if this helps.

The bare wires coming from the bridge and neck pickups(connected to the top of both volume pots) look a bit frayed.

Is this visible in the pic above?

Is this easy to trim and tin the wires again?

Cheers,

Alkay.

Also, the wiring I have used to re-wire the guitar I bought from an electronics store.

I showed the sales person the wires that came with the kit and was told it should work because it was the same diameter.

On the three way switch:

Neck pickup. Works but with lots of electric interference.

Middle position. No sound.

Bridge pickup. No sound.

I am learning so this is all new to me. I would appreciate any help. Thank you.

Cheers,

Alkay.

OK..
First, you don't need to run an earth across each pot, the copper shielding acts as your earth.
It is possible that you may have over earthed, causing a short somewhere.
Might pay to wait for one of our wiring gurus to step in...

Ok thanks DB,

I'll wait for some help from someone that knows what they are doing. I don't yet haha, but I'm trying.

My guess would be one of the lugs on the bridge volume or bridge tone is shorting on the copper shielding (or has a stray wire/blob of solder shorting), and that's cutting your sound in the bridge and middle positions.

Putting a little bit of electrical tape (insulating tape) under the pot lugs so they can't touch the copper shielding may help to reduce the chance of any shorts. Pot lugs shorting onto copper shielding can easily happen when you have recessed pot holes in the cavity, like on your kit.