It's time to do a major cleanup in my controlcavity.
the old pots and switch looked like hell with lots of solderglobs.
so ... a new switch is coming, along with a new CTS pot.

I do have a few questions though...

Instead of soldering all oickup groundwires to the pot, wouldn't it be easier
to put them into one central groundspot and connect that to the pot ?

also, from the work I've done on guitars with 3-way toggle switches
I've seen that the switch itself is grounded. Is that something I need
to do on a 5-way stratswitch ?

is there anything else I can do to minimize possible hum and noise ?

Thanks.

/R

Welcome.

Sure, you could have a, "central ground station" if you wanted even though the back of the volume pot serves the exact same purpose. Either way, as passive guitar circuits are NOT subject to ground loops, this would not be an issue if you elect for an alternative.

As a rule, metal framed switches should be grounded. The 5-way is no exception.

To help minimize hum, there's the usual: Use adequate gauged, premium wire for all your connections, don't stand too close to the front of your amp, don't use 50 stomp boxes at one time, stay away from florescent lights, computer monitors, plugging into a socket where heavy duty appliances are on the same circuit; use premium cables. Don't bother with body shielding copper, paint, etc. as this is essentially, a complete waste of time and money.

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i was thinking it'd save some space on the pot, not having
5 different groundspots

You'd only have one, "groundspot" as you call it as you should be soldering all ground wires to the pot at the same time. Regardless and like I said, either way, it's not a problem to do what you are contemplating.

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