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Sooo....

Found a couple 500k mini pots. I was afraid I'd have to venture into Hollywood, which is no fun in the rain.

Looks like I hacked the pup many moons ago. when I pulled the pup wire out, I found a loose wire that had been taped into the pup line. I also had removed a section of the shielding. Removed that wire, added some shielding, added shrink wrap on top of that.

Wired the pots according to the diagram, testing the pots over and over. I also installed the bridge ground wire correctly now. All back together and there still is a hum, but not as bad. Reacts the same way though. Touch the strings and it's quiet.

Now the problem is that I seem to have no tone! The pot is okay, spinning it does nothing to change the tone. Last night, the range went from very bright to very warm and muddy. Now it seems to be 50/50.

Wolfe is going to send a couple of capacitors, so I might live with things as is for the moment.

On the upside, I remounted the bridge at an angle, it was straight across before, so now the intonation is good all the way through 2 octaves - I have a full two octave neck.