Help wiring

[Sonic Mountain]

Is it just me, or the switch casing grounded by a red wire? If so, no wonder there's confusion.

Yeah it is, but in a setup this basic it's not a real problem.

[McCreed]

Yeah it is, but in a setup this basic it's not a real problem.

I know wire colour doesn't matter electronically, but my point is to someone new to this, it could pose some questions.

[Sonic Mountain]

I know wire colour doesn't matter electronically, but my point is to someone new to this, it could pose some questions.

Yeah that's fair enough. I've been thinking about trying to do a really basic 'explain like I'm 5' of how guitar electronics work. once you understand the principles it's much easier to work through trouble shooting, rather than relying on particular wire colours etc.

ok ... i got a better look at the Volume pot: both yellow wires are connected to the same tang ? so: either one to the Earth for the Jack and the other to bridge as the earth - which in this case Im assuming anywhere on the brass mounting plate will suffice as a location?.

Yep that's fine the two yellow wires are both for grounding so sharing the lug is fine (and I can see its' also earthed to the pot casing there so all good)

The one for the 'bridge' means to the bridge itself, not the pickup plate.. I'm not totally familiar with your kit. But if its a normal tele bridge there is normally a small hole from the bridge pickup cavity to the underside of the bridge. You just trim the plastic off the wire and put it under the bridge when you screw it down so the bridge metal is in contact with it. You can also solder it to a small washer and put one of the bridge mounting screws through it to ensure a really good connection.