Grounding Strip on a Vintage Jazz bass

[zeronyne]

I'm trying to find a solution to ground my P-Bass electronics to the bridge. Mighty Mite did not route a channel from the electronics/pickup cavity to the bridge area, so I either have to route from the back (not worth it for a single wire) and design a cover, or go external.

I noticed that older Jazz basses have a copper-colored strip from the bridge to the bridge pickup. Is that indeed a piece of copper? Is it just attached to the shielded cavity on one end and the bridge on the other?

Thanks

[Groundloop]

Originally Posted by zeronyne

I noticed that older Jazz basses have a copper-colored strip from the bridge to the bridge pickup. Is that indeed a piece of copper? Is it just attached to the shielded cavity on one end and the bridge on the other?

Thanks

Yes.

Rather than routing a channel, see if your friendly neighborhood repair shop can drill a hole from the area under the bridge into the electronics cavity. Stewart Macdonald used to sell extra long drill bits just for this purpose, but I can't find them on their website anymore.

[lbwdog]

Have you looked thoroughly to see if there is a hole drilled as in the post above. I've seen some small ones before that were easy to miss.