Now I am starting to see progress on the Black Pearl Strat. Today I added copper foil tape to the electronic cavaties to shield the electronics to prevent buzz. This took longer than expected, but I am not in any hurry to get this finished. Then I disassembled the pickups and electronics from the pick guard and added copper foil to complete the shielding creating a Faraday Box which blocks unwanted electrical interference. There are mixed feelings about this step. Some insist that it be done, others say no, because the added hum is part of the vintage sound. For me, I don’t need any additional noise. I reassembled the pickguard and ensured that everything was working just fine.
Time to assemble the guitar. I grounded everything including the foil lining and the pickguard fed the grounding wire to the tremelo cavity and the wires to the jack cavity. After several minutes of ensuing that everything was correct, I screwed the pickguard onto the body. I put the temelo bridge onto the body and added the springs and claw. Once assembled, I started to solder. The first was soldering the ground to the tremelo claw. Looks good to me. Hopefully it will stand up. Then the only other soldering was the jack. This also went well.
Next steps – put the neck on and string the guitar. That’s for tomorrow.
Body Assembled 
Shiny Copper Pickguard 
Shieldless Pickguard 
Shields Up