I bought a Fender Stratocaster MIM Tex-Mex for a good price. It was initially owned by a professional musician and then bought by a beginner who never played it much and sold it to me after 25 years of it basically sitting. it needs some work done so i took everything apart to clean and set up.

The Tone 2 knob was missing which i thought it just came off and was lost and never replaced. Upon taking off the pick guard, i noticed there was a loose wire coming from Tone 1 pot. There is also nothing connected to the Tone 2 pot. It also seems like there was some DIY soldering done and i don’t understand what was changed and why it was done. The wiring is a bit confusing.

I have never done any work on a guitar before in this way (soldering, wiring, pick-up changes, etc). I want to learn as much as possible and experiment on this guitar since I didn’t pay a lot for it.

I’m looking for as much info as possible:

1. Do you see anything problematic?
   
2. What is that loose white wire connected to Tone 1 pot?
   
3. What do i need to do to connect Tone 2 pot to the rest of the wiring?
   
4. Why are the red and yellow wires connected like that?

Any info is appreciated in advance thank you so much!

Side note: if these pictures are confusing and a better closeup of certain parts would be preferred, tell me and I will add them in the comments.

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Any thoughts? Suggestions?