I noticed that a lot of people have trouble soldering to pots, and there's really no reason that you have to - ground is just, ground. Here's one way to wire up a jazz bass (lots of pictures):
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159191
The 1st and 4th color pictures are the pertinent ones, notice the GROUND LUG idea. Here is another (smaller!) diagram, notice NO pot grounding:
http://guitar-mod.com/wiring/5way_tele.gif
I used this diagram and a Superswitch to wire up a Lawrence L500XL for ALL possible coil combinations on my Warmoth Tele, and I used the ground lug idea - I had like, 13 ground wires so I sunk a little eyebolt in the side of the cavity and ran them all to it, then zapped the puppy with a 100-watt gun. :headbang1:
It makes re-wire jobs a lot easier too, because you haven't been heating and reheating pots so you don't have to replace them. :hello2:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159191
The 1st and 4th color pictures are the pertinent ones, notice the GROUND LUG idea. Here is another (smaller!) diagram, notice NO pot grounding:
http://guitar-mod.com/wiring/5way_tele.gif
I used this diagram and a Superswitch to wire up a Lawrence L500XL for ALL possible coil combinations on my Warmoth Tele, and I used the ground lug idea - I had like, 13 ground wires so I sunk a little eyebolt in the side of the cavity and ran them all to it, then zapped the puppy with a 100-watt gun. :headbang1:
It makes re-wire jobs a lot easier too, because you haven't been heating and reheating pots so you don't have to replace them. :hello2: