It's better. something worked. I was fine with the way the connections looked but in the process of photographing it, one of the wires came loose..maybe that was the problem the whole time...I hit the pots with cleaner but they still are scratchy..I suppose I will eventually replace them but it's not too big a deal to me. thanks for being around today, Ken.. I will see you over at talkbass more often..when I get some chops down..