Ok, so i've had a bit more of a play around and it's sounding better. The clean sound is sweet. I get that it's not going to sound like a les paul and this is not the sound i'm after. I also have a PRS which fulfils this category nicely. I just want to get the most i can out of this guitar, highlighting its own unique characteristics and tone, however the squeal is a problem. I know that with a lot of distortion all guitars will squel to an extent but this is a really high pitched painful squeal that I'm not sure how to get rid of. There doesn't seem to be anything loose. The bridge just sits there, held down by the strings. The pickguard is tight. I wired the pickups exactly as shown, so does anyone have any ideas?
Also the 3 switches closes to the bridge volume knob- what exactly does the first one do? I think that one turns on and off the neck pickup and the other turns on and off the bridge pickup, but i'm not sure about the other one.
P.S I'm running it through a Hughes and Kettner Trilogy, which sounds incredible with all of my guitars.
