mhall Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Hello all, I'm building my first guitar and consulting the Hiscock and Koch books. When grounding the bridge, they both say to drill from the control cavity to the spring cavity and solder the ground to the spring claw. Unfortunately, I am using a fixed bridge with no posts, just five anchoring screws. Any suggestions for how best to ground this type. Thanks. Matt Lexington, KY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilikes2shred Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Haha... When I first read the title I thought you were some kid grounded from making guitars because you did something bad... Anyway, if it's string through, I'd just drill from one of the ferrule holes and solder the grounding wire to a ferrule before you put it in. That's how I did it, and it worked just fine. If it's not string through, I'm not sure the proper way to do it, but if nothing else, you could just drill a hole connecting the control cavity to the space under the bridge, then solder the ground wire to the bottom of the bridge before you mount it. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpcrash Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 On bridges like this (bass bridges, non-string through stuff) drill a hole from the control cavity to where the center of the bridge will rest against the body. The ground wire is simply sandwiched between the bridge and the body. Just make sure strip about an inch of coating off the wire so bare wire meets bare bridge under there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhall Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 I should probably clarify. It will be a string-through bridge. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Just drill so that you can get a wire under the bridge somewhere where you can't see it, that it'll contact the metal of the bridge. What kind of bridge are you using, exactly (just curious)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 I'm gonna guess Gotoh Hardtail, since he said 5 holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 The type of bridge would be helpfull. Tele bridges don't always need a seperate ground wire, since the contact with the pickup will ground it through the pickup. By adding a bridge ground, you actually create a ground loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhall Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yeah, it's a Gotoh hardtail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Haha... When I first read the title I thought you were some kid grounded from making guitars because you did something bad... I'm willing to bet money that half the PG members came here because of exactly that. Well, maybe a whole bunch of 'em are those : " My Mom won't buy me a guitar, but she will buy me a Dremel, so walk me though a scratch build with a Dremel" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Haha... When I first read the title I thought you were some kid grounded from making guitars because you did something bad... I'm willing to bet money that half the PG members came here because of exactly that. Well, maybe a whole bunch of 'em are those : " My Mom won't buy me a guitar, but she will buy me a Dremel, so walk me though a scratch build with a Dremel" . How did you know that's why I'm on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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