Thanks for the concern, luckily it isn't anything really serious, I've had another tattoo done on my right forearm so I can't play with out it rubbing on the body and probably a little more serious I burnt my thumb and index finger on the soldering iron which hurts if I put any pressure on them....woops.
Thanks the scratchplate is the same, but the tone control is technically still connected it's just under the scratchplate, I wasn't sure what I would need to unsolder so I thought it would be best just to leave it underneath, yea the tone is up to max!