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__Robbo__
11-02-2007, 08:13 AM
hey guys..

im making a guitar, but how do i ground the bridge?

...that does need to be done doesnt it?

cheers


edit: a tune-o-matic style bridge... not a tremolo.. i know how id do tremolo, but how do i ground a tune-o-matic style?
__Robbo__
11-10-2007, 12:50 AM
somebody? any help at all?
StrangeVision
11-10-2007, 01:11 AM
I read the thread title and thought Gav was back with a new story about his parents. =/
Son of Magni
11-10-2007, 10:32 AM
I've never used a ToM but I would think you would ground the tailpiece instead of the bridge. Make sense?
HELLonWHEELS
11-10-2007, 10:33 AM
The grounding wire goes through the control cavity and comes up and touches the bridge(which is made of metal...)
zhyla
11-10-2007, 11:00 AM
Yeah I would ground the tailpiece too. The bridge saddles don't have to be metal. The one TOM bridge I have has graphtec saddles which I doubt are very conductive. I'm not sure how it's grounded to be honest.
HELLonWHEELS
11-10-2007, 11:10 AM
I didn't realize they are made of graphtec


If you don't ground you will hear a buzzing sound every time you plug in.
Son of Magni
11-10-2007, 12:02 PM
Just remember that what you're really trying to accomplish is to ground the strings (do you know why?). So probably grounding the tailpiece is the most effective considering we don't know whether the saddles are conductive.
__Robbo__
11-11-2007, 02:28 AM
oh ok.. well.. how do i get the wire through the body to the tailpiece?
Son of Magni
11-11-2007, 10:05 AM
Drilling a hole would seem to be in order :)

These are the kind of things that sometimes need to be planned in advance. Can you drill at an angle from under where the tailpiece will be, to come out in the controls cavity?
HELLonWHEELS
11-11-2007, 08:13 PM
Drilling a hole would seem to be in order :)

These are the kind of things that sometimes need to be planned in advance. Can you drill at an angle from under where the tailpiece will be, to come out in the controls cavity?

+1 on drilling a hole.
nopicks4me
12-20-2007, 12:48 AM
http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=518864

There you can see some pictures of where the hole is drilled, and i think i have some pictures that show the wiring kinda clear like mud. i know i grounded my bass in 2 different ways just to be sure.