Re: grounding/sheilding whats yer method?
i dont use either tape or paint, i dont get a whole lot of hum either (the area where the controls are has sheilding on the pikcguard) eventually ill get around to taping or painting, prl taping, seems easier.
as for grouding - all my grounds run to the bridge, what i do is - run a line bridge to tone pot, and also one tone pot to vol pot. so that way i can ground lines on whatever is closer. for example, my pups are ground to the volume pot, which is ground to the tone pot. the output and 5way are both ground to the tone pot, which is gorund to the bridge.
may increase hum a bit, but as i said, i dont get much (2 hums and a noiseless or hum-cancel single) and this way i dont ahve to worry about grounding, i know its all ground...