Quote Originally Posted by DrNomis_44 View Post
That's alright mate, you're right, I probably didn't need to earth the pots, my philosophy is that it's better to have something and not need it than to not have it and need it a lot, I have had guitars in the past where the earthing foil had worn through where the pot mounts through the scratchplate, and caused a bad hum problem, so if you earth the pots together like I've done, the foil can still wear through but there'll still be a good earth connection, of course not everyone will wire-up a guitar the same way, most people will have their preferred method, and there's nothing wrong with that.
I always wire across the pots Doc, as you say it eliminates any troubles in the future, but i dont go nutzo on the shielding either.

Once you connect the earth to the string claw thats really enough.