Embarrassing admission....Happy Number 38 guitar to me.

[Simon Barden]

Are you reliant on the control plate providing the ground connection between the pots? I always wire the backs of the pots up regardless.

[ozzbike]

Are you reliant on the control plate providing the ground connection between the pots? I always wire the backs of the pots up regardless.

Simon,

Been busy finishing other builds. ...... and I was worried I would throw this one across the room.

I rewired it completely to the piccy from McCreed on his response to this thread.....I actually printed the piccy out and soldered up that rig.

https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ad.php?t=11419

I have taken an oak Grigsby 3 way switch out of the harness and put the flat plastic kit one back in place and got the same story. I changed the volume pot.....and the capacitor.

The only things I have not changed are the jack socket, tone pot and the connections to the pickups......maybe take it all out and rewire the lot from scratch.