AlGeeEater Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 (edited) Well i installed some seymour duncans into my Gibson LP and i dont know how or where to solder the grounds. Should i solder all the gorunds on the bottom of the volume pot, then run a wire to the bridge. Or should i solder all the leads together and run a wire to the bridge? Any help would be cool. Its a 2 pup,1 vol 1 tone 3 way setup... Edited October 11, 2004 by AlGeeEater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Yes, solder all the ground leads, including the bridge ground lead and the output jack ground lead, to the back of the volume pot. Isn't that the way the old pickups were hooked up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Well my dad found the old wiring on the ground cause i had unsoldered it from the output jack and threw em out. Do i solder them all in one puddle of solder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Its a TOM with a stopbar tail piece also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 11, 2004 Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 Holy Lord... Yes, you HAVE to tie all of the grounds together. Solder them all to the bottom of the volume pot and then run a wire to the bridge. Passive guitars are grounded through the strings to YOU. Seymour Duncan has some excellent color schematics that show all of this, too. Check 'em out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2004 (edited) Yea im looking at the SD's but the only bad thing is they dont show the grounds wires and were they solder to. I ground the volume pot by bending the third lug back and then soldering it to the back of the pot rite? Edited October 11, 2004 by AlGeeEater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pour bleeding me Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 why are passive pickups grounded to the strings and active grounded to the pots? i just grounded my EMG's to the strings so it wouldnt buzz when i wasnt holding my knob....is there a reason why actives arnt grounded to the strings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 why are passive pickups grounded to the strings and active grounded to the pots?All pickups should be grounded to the back of the volume pot, or some other suitable star grounding point, along with the shield plane (and the bridge/strings, if you're not using EMG actives). There's nothing special about using the volume pot, it's just convenient. You could just as easily attach a large ring terminal to the cavity shield and ground everything to it, so long as all the ground leads connect to the same spot. i just grounded my EMG's to the strings so it wouldnt buzz when i wasnt holding my knobSo that's what the kids are calling it these days!! If those are active EMGs, you've got a(nother) ground problem. Unless you're gigging in the Bermuda Triangle, you shouldn't need to ground the strings with active EMGs. Check for bad solder joints and reversed leads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 13, 2004 Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Okay, in the top right hand portion of the Seymour Duncan schematic for 2 humbuckers, 1 vol, 1 tone, 3 way schematic that's on their support website, there is a legend that explains the ground. Ground points are usually soldered to the back of the volume or tone pots or any central ground point on the guitar. The central ground usually comes from a wire attached to the bridge of the guitar. Bend the grounded leads on the volume and tone pots to the back of each pot and solder them to the back. Solder a piece of wire between the backs of the pots to continue the ground. Solder the green and bare wires of the pickups to the back of the volume pot. Solder the ground lead from the output jack to the same ground spot on the volume pot. Run a wire to the bridge from the back of the volume pot to ground the electronics to the strings. That's all you have to do. Keep in mind these are usually 1/4 watt pots, so don't heat them up too much. Give them a few seconds to cool after each connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Well thanks Crafty, but your a little late. I finished wiring it oct 11 Call me slow, but i just didnt understand the way they explained grounding, so i posted here to see if anyone new it in a simpler form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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