alan hipson Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Hi This may be a dumb question but sould all my ground leads be soldered onto a pot then soldered to the jack ground ? if not where do i solder them to ? Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 A lot of people use the back of a pot as their ground point. So yeah you can use the back of one of your guitars pots as ground. Then to the jack, I don't see a problem with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan hipson Posted May 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Hi Thanks for the info...Off to solder now. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Grounding the back of the pots is not only for a convenient place to solder your ground but also to shield the pots and stop them picking up hum. The thing to watch out for is that you don't have any ground loops. ie more than on wire connecting grounds together. So pick a point which is to be at ground potential and wire in a star from all other bits that will be at ground, including the output jack. Use screened wire for your "hot" leads as well and make sure only one end of the screen is connected to your "star" ground point. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kings_x Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Don't forget to ground the bridge as well. Keith: By "screened" to you mean shielded? Is that a British term or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Screened, shielded same thing. I think it's a telecommunications term as that's where I learnt my electronics. We always refered to the braided outer as the "screen" as it screens out the noise. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan hipson Posted May 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Hi Thanks for all the info...I have all my grounds running to the vol pot then off to the jack ground it seems to be working ok very little hum I have single coils on a tele. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 LOL i'm british and never come accross screened as a term for shielded. Although I tend to use the American term of ground rather than the british term of earth. They mean the same thing but I find myself saying ground rather than earth lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Keith: By "screened" to you mean shielded? Is that a British term or something? I don't know I'm not British I'm South African. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kings_x Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Keith: By "screened" to you mean shielded? Is that a British term or something? I don't know I'm not British I'm South African. Keith That's almost the same thing. Those Brits use strange words for stuff all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 QUOTE Keith: By "screened" to you mean shielded? Is that a British term or something? I don't know I'm not British I'm South African. Keith That's almost the same thing. Those Brits use strange words for stuff all the time. Whaaat? Last time any of my family came from Britain was almost 200 hundred years ago. I hope you won't call any of our Australian members British, it can make them very upset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 Those Brits use strange words for stuff all the time. Well, after all, it is their language... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 lovekraft beat me to it, but given that it's our language, it is in fact you Americans that use the strange words for things. Hah! Stick that in yer pipe and bomb Iraq! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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