JimRayden Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 The grounding wire of TOM bridge of my ESP broke off. Will I have to take out the mounting... things... I don't know what you call them. You know the things that are placed in the hole in wood to screw the TOM into. It's lots of work but I don't see any other way. ------------ Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 It just depends on if you can get in there and splice it. If you can't then you have to replace the wire. Or tap some thick solid core brass rod into that hole, so that hopefully its making contact, and solder a ground wire to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRayden Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Of course, the other choice is take the wire there externally. I think I'll do that since my guitar's external looks messed up enough already (because of many attempts to install the sustainer. ) ------------ Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digideus Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 I once earthed a bridge by drilling a hole in teh bridge pickup surround and running some wire from teh bridge through the hole and onto the earth point on the pot. Sounded fine and looked ok cos u actually couldnt see it unless you looked real close. If its as beat up as you say, do it externally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Here's an idea. Take a roll of the copper shielding tape and cut a design out, really neatly with a sharp exacto knife, like 2 lightening bolts that head away from the posts and maybe meet at the strap pin or something, make sure the tape touches the post, hook your connection up at the other end of the tape somehow and there you have your connection, 'hide in plain sight'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRayden Posted July 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Thanks, Digideus. I'll run the wire from the bridge pickup. Thanks Drak, I'm not a lightning bolt type of player. I'm more of a wire-through-bridge-pickup-ring type of guitarist. --------- Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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