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Liberator help needed for BRAIDED ground
Situation: I hadn't done much pick up switching and since my guitars are all over $1000, I wanted to go with the Duncan Liberator to save money on being able to swap pickups like I switch strings. Sounds awesome, right? 
Set up: I bring my brand new Heritage LP style H150 down to my tech and have him do 50's wiring and the Liberator in one fell swoop. Problem solved, right? Now I can just swap pickups to my hearts content while never having to solder and risk burning my instrument or destroying something.
Problem: I get my new Joe Bonamassa set in the mail today
and open up my guitar to figure this thing out: Turns out the 59's that are in there and the Bonamassa are wired with an "old school" braid around the conductor as the ground instead of 2 conductor or 4 conductor methods that are designed to work with the Liberator 
Incomplete Solution: So, my tech attached a wire to the ground on the Liberator and then soldered the other end to the braid on the conductor cable from the pickup (effectively grounding it). After doing my online searches, it seems that the conductor braid is usually just soldered to a volume pot for the ground? Either way, it's not a perfect solder free solution for pickup swaps on the Liberator.
Call for help: Is there another way to ground the braid to the liberator without soldering it? Since it's a ground and not carrying signal, you would think there could be something that connects to the ground on the liberator and then ties around the braid that could be safe and effective without using an iron?
Please help! On top of badly wanting to play the new PUPs, I desperately want the Liberator to work for PAF style pickups without having to solder.
Set up: I bring my brand new Heritage LP style H150 down to my tech and have him do 50's wiring and the Liberator in one fell swoop. Problem solved, right? Now I can just swap pickups to my hearts content while never having to solder and risk burning my instrument or destroying something.
Problem: I get my new Joe Bonamassa set in the mail today
and open up my guitar to figure this thing out: Turns out the 59's that are in there and the Bonamassa are wired with an "old school" braid around the conductor as the ground instead of 2 conductor or 4 conductor methods that are designed to work with the Liberator Incomplete Solution: So, my tech attached a wire to the ground on the Liberator and then soldered the other end to the braid on the conductor cable from the pickup (effectively grounding it). After doing my online searches, it seems that the conductor braid is usually just soldered to a volume pot for the ground? Either way, it's not a perfect solder free solution for pickup swaps on the Liberator.
Call for help: Is there another way to ground the braid to the liberator without soldering it? Since it's a ground and not carrying signal, you would think there could be something that connects to the ground on the liberator and then ties around the braid that could be safe and effective without using an iron?
Please help! On top of badly wanting to play the new PUPs, I desperately want the Liberator to work for PAF style pickups without having to solder.
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