So, we have a pitbull exa7 7 string kit. We have elected to replace the pickups in the kit with Dimarzio Dreamcatcher and Rainmaker pickups. The rest of the electronics are the same.
We got everything wired up following the pitbull videos
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRSIEMUUjAA
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRt1ney2nxc
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOYtEiM2f0A&t=341s
Got it all together and found that we had a ton of noise coming from the amp, and found that the volume potentiometer wouldn't take the volume to 0. It would turn up the noise and the strings, but it at the lowest levels we still had a fair amount of signal.
I've enclosed my wiring diagram on how I connected everything.
I verified ground on the volume pot. I resoldered all of the grounds/earths on the volume pot.
As it stands now
1). I have no pickup going to the amp unless I ground the hot connector (middle lug) on the volume pot to the top of the pot. And when I do this, I get a lot of noise
2). My volume potentiometer will not take the volume to zero.
I've soldered and resoldered numerous times and simply cannot figure this out.