Newbie needs help

[rkells]

Simon,
So let me get this straight. Here are the steps as I understand them….

1. The yellow wire from the NECK pickup has one end sodered to the sixth AND seventh holes of the switch plate. The earth/ground wire gets sodered to the back of the VOLUME pot.
2. The red wire from the BRIDGE pickup has one end sodered to the first AND second holes of the switch plate. The earth/ground wire gets sodered to the back of the VOLUME pot.
3. The yellow wire from the middle tab of the VOLUME pot goes to the tip connection on the output jack. (as per your note)
4. One/either of the black wires on the back of the volume pot goes to the sleeve connection on the output jack. (as per your note)
5. “The other black wire is the ground wire for the bridge and should be tucked underneath it with some bare ends of the wire making contact with the underside of the bridge when it’s screwed down.” - I’m a bit confused here. Can you rephrase? Tucked underneath what? The bridge? If so, just soder it down? Clarify if you can.
6. The selector switch DOES have seven connections so….all good there.
7. The third tab on the VOLUME pot is folded back and sodered down. So….all good there.

If I can get some further explanation to note 5 then I should be okay. Is that it? Am I missing anything else?

[king casey]

5. “The other black wire is the ground wire for the bridge and should be tucked underneath it with some bare ends of the wire making contact with the underside of the bridge when it’s screwed down.”

i.e. The bridge only has to make contact with the bare wire when it's screwed down.
So you strip a cm or two from the end of the wire that emerges from the hole under the bridge plate.

cheers, Mark.