Hey Jez,

You are correct that generally speaking A pots are for volume and B for tone, but in my experience it doesn't really matter. The difference is in how the 'ramp' of the pot works. A pots are logarithmic, which for volume works better for the human ear. That means on a graph showing volume increase, the line will be curved. B pots are Linear, so on a graph of their influence the line would be straight. I personally use A pots for everything at the moment, but I also don't muck around with my controls much, works fine for me. If you want to match up with what it should be a replacement pot is about $3.50 for one similar to the kit ones. (I bet if you emailed adamboyle@pitbullguitars.com he'd probably swap it for you if its not what the kit was advertised as having). But even if you wire up what you have it will still work.

In regards to the pickups I can't answer that conclusively, but hopefully Weirdbits or someone will be along to clear that up - White for the Hot wire sounds correct, but there is a LOT of variation between different pickups, even on kit ones. The entire wire will not need to be stripped of its insulation, just some come with a 'bare' wire as the earth.