[onehippie]

Originally Posted by jonesy

The black wire soldered to the volume pot that you see coiled up would run through the body, into the trem cavity and then get soldered to the trem claw.



Just wanted to be clear on how the grounding on a Strat works so I traced the ground path in green. You can see the black wire that comes into the trem cavity and is soldered to the trem claw. The other end of that wire is soldered onto the back of the volume pot and all the pots are grounded together by a wire.



The springs carry the ground to the trem block, the bridge sits on top of the trem block and is screwed to it, then the strings feed through the back of the trem block and run over the bridge saddles. This is how your strings and bridge are grounded back to the wiring controls on a Strat.

ive reach a moment of clarity Jonesy i think i finally am comfortable about my task
looking back on your notes i get it theres been some helpful info i needed to see got me pondering it all