DMS-4 build in Tasmania

[McCreed]

All the braided wires will be for ground, the centre core (white insulated) will be your signal.

In the case of that red wire coming off the pickup, they obviously cut it too short to reach the switch so joined it (really badly) to get the extra length. Whilst the exposed bare portion might not cause any problems if it contacts the shielding, it's bloody poor workmanship to leave it like that. They could have at least wrapped some tape on it!

Your ground wire coming from the bridge can be soldered to the back of either pot like the ones already attached there.

The braided wires from each pickup will get soldered to the single lug on the switch where the braided portion from the black wire is already soldered as well.

[Rabbit]

In the case of that red wire coming off the pickup, they obviously cut it too short to reach the switch so joined it (really badly) to get the extra length. Whilst the exposed bare portion might not cause any problems if it contacts the shielding, it's bloody poor workmanship to leave it like that. They could have at least wrapped some tape on it!

As it stands you could still slip a piece of heat shrink tubing over the exposed joint.

[Artherium Hum]

Okay, so I put shrink tube over the exposed wire and soldered up. I tested by tapping the pick ups with a screw driver and everything appeared to be working until I tried the toggle and it kind of jammed then kind of worked but I lost the bridge pick up signal. I quess the switch is faulty, I've taken the switch apart 2 times and it looks like nothing could go wrong....but it has.

Thanks for the assistance.

[flibblebob]

Looks like we've started the same kit around the same time - would you mind posting a picture of your truss rod nut? I can't get any of my allen keys to grab it, and I can feel what seems like thread if I use a very small key, so I'm worried my truss rod nut is missing... or that I'm doing something silly!

Mine looks like this: