Grounding Question

[VincentGrim]

For a standard pbass.
When you wire your pickup directly to the output jack ((eliminating the pots and such)), what do you do with the grounding wire?

Thanks in advance mates

 

[ctmullins]

One wire (usually white, but it doesn't matter) goes to the small lug (tip connector) on the jack. The other wire (usually black) goes to the large lug (sleeve connector, also your ground) on the jack.

 

[line6man]

Pickup hot goes to the tip terminal, pickup ground and bridge ground go to the sleeve terminal.

 

[VincentGrim]

thanks for the responses. so should the bridge ground be long enough to reach the sleeve((as it is connected to the soon to be disposed of tone pot))? Or should I go about getting a new one?

 

[line6man]

thanks for the responses. so should the bridge ground be long enough to reach the sleeve((as it is connected to the soon to be disposed of tone pot))? Or should I go about getting a new one?

That depends entirely on how long the wire is.
If it isn't long enough to make it to the jack, just solder on a new piece of wire to the end and put some shrink tubing over the connection. That's easier than removing the bridge to put in a new wire...

 

[VincentGrim]

Thanks for the help mate, now all that's left is for warmoth to deliver my new pickguard! Yayy!