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Topic: Ground to bridge from? |
Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2013 2:51 pm |
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I'm getting near time to solder my pickups to my vol.,tone and blend pots,oh and output jack.The Duncan Antiquity diagram doesn't show a ground to bridge anywhere,is one nessesary and if so what do I go to the bridge from?
Geez I hope it works!
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Tim Marcus
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 24 Sep 2013 2:59 pm
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you may not need one - the body of your guitar is the ground plane (because its all metal) and if the output jack is not isolated then you are probably good to go!
A pedal steel is unlike a 6 string guitar where the bridge is isolated by wood and could add noise if it is not grounded.
if you are doing this on a 6 string guitar, then forget everything I just wrote 
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Tom Snook
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Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2013 5:04 pm
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I guess I could have provided a little more info,I'm building an 8 string lap steel with Duncan Stringmaster pups.
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Jerry Jones
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Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 24 Sep 2013 7:23 pm
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Strings/bridge should be grounded... especially if you are using single coil Stringmaster pickups.
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2013 9:20 pm
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Many guitars run a star ground from the back of one of the pots... a wire from the jack would be fine.
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Michael Brebes
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Northridge CA
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Posted 25 Sep 2013 7:58 am
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If you are using a bridge or bridge plate that is screwed down to the wood surface, then you can just drill a hole from the control cavity to somewhere under the bridge. The bare wire is usually just squished between the wood and the bridge plate.
If your bridge is on adjustable screws that go into the wood, usually the hole is drilled into one of the insert holes so the bare wire is crimped when the insert is installed. Hope that answers your question.
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