Grounding Bridge Problem

[strummer2k]

I think I may have messed up. Embarassed

I am building a custom body with two humbuckers, a Bigbsy vibrato and the appropriate bridge for it. So, I am ready to wire it up and I realize I haven't done anything to ground the bridge. I have already pounded in the inserts for the bridge posts and don't think I can get them back out. So I don't know how I can ground to the bridge (any suggestions welcome).

I can up underneath the Bigsby from the control cavity, so I thought that would be my fix - I could just run the ground to the Bigsby (would this work??). However, I cannot get the solder to stick to the bottom of the Bigsby.

I would appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks.

[scab]

you don't need to solder the ground directly to the bridge.. You need to drill a hole right under the bridge to the control cavity, and have a wire draping over the edge of the hole under the bridge. So when you install the bridge it will always be touching!

Good Luck!

Scab

Edited January 13, 2008 by scab

[Robert_the_damned]

The way I'd do it is to put a screw in from your neck pickup route to your bridge insert, you only need to screw it in until its in contact with the insert then you can solder a wire to the screw (make sure the screw isn't plated in something unsolderable before you screw it in!). I've done this on a couple of guitars and it works perfectly well, it also gives you a good point to attach your grounds to if you're star-grounding everything.

You won't be able to solder to the base of the bigsby as they aluminium which is pretty much unsolderable.

[zyonsdream]

Or buy active pickups for it! No ground to the bridge needed.

Edited January 17, 2008 by zyonsdream