Earthing Question

[mrscrunter]

Hi everyone, i'm new to posting but have been surfing here for a while.

I have a question, i'm planning to build a lap steel type guitar with a single coil pickup, the problem is that i might not use a metal bridge, in my experience of guitar electronics the earth wire is soldered to the bridge.

My question is will i be able to get away with not using a metal bridge and still have the guitar earthed?

Thanks in advance guys

[lovekraft]

You can ground to the tailpiece without any problems.

[westhemann]

or you can use an active pickup

[Reaper]

or you can use an active pickup

I swear, Wes, you're obsessed with those things... if you're using a bridge that might not conduct the ground signal to the strings, though, active pickups are probably your best shot.

[westhemann]

I swear, Wes, you're obsessed with those things...

well if you don't have a place to ground....

[Jehle]

Hello Mr Scrunter (or is it Mrs Crunter?)

For a lapsteel guitar, what other kind of bridge would you use if not metal?

[mrscrunter]

thanks for the replies.

I have an acoustic style bridge spare and was thinking about giving that a try on a prototype. I think i'll just buy a normal bridge, probably a tunomatic or LP Junior style bridge so i can have a higher action