Tony Balls Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 I was just thinking about this and realized i've never actually taken apart a t-o-m guitar enough to see how it's grounded. So how is it typically done? grounding wire through the body to one of the tailpiece screws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Hi tony, it is ground through the stop bar. there is a wire that goes from the height adjusting bolt (that raises the treble side of the stop bar) to the controll cavity. The wire is attached to the bottom of the stud insert (the threaded socket that the height adjusting bolt resides in) and goes through the body into the control cavity. It is then grounded as per usual. Hope thats some help, Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Balls Posted February 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 yep! that's kinda what I figured, but I had never actually seen it done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Cool! Glad to help man! Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Another option is to ground to one of the bridge posts. That is, if your guitar features a pickguard that reaches to the bridge area. I cut a small surface channel from the bridge pickup cavity to the treble side bridge post hole. Strip the end of the wire and insert in the hole then sink the post. Then run the wire in the channel and through the hole with the pickup wires to the control cavity. The pickguard then covers the whole thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Southpa- thats a great idea! Ill try that on the guitar Im making. Thanks man, Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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