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Grounding to bridge?

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TheFarmer

Nov 25, 2010
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#1
Hello,

So I'm a little confused with exactly what it is that these wiring diagrams mean when they ground to bridge.

Am I attempting to run a wire under from the control cavity through the wood and then fix it to the bottom of the bridge?

How do I affix it to the bottom of the bridge - a small loop of wire that sits around a screw on which holds the bridge down?

I've looked around a bit online, and the information I've found has been pretty limited in depth; most sources seem to think it is something commonly known.

Thanks in advance for any help. :help:
 
#2
The ground for the bridge isn't very hi-tech at all.

It's just a wire with a somewhat substantial amount of the insulation gone that just 'lives' under the bridge, making contact with it to create a singularity to the other grounds on the rest of the metallic gear/hardware/strings and finally back to the amp via the outer sheath of the instrument cable.

On a Fender, it just pops up through a hole, slant-drilled from the body somewhere, to surface under the bridge so it isn't visible, that's all.

I imagine NASA wouldn't sign off on it, but it works.
 
#3
Most people just strip the insulation back about an inch or so and fan out the strands of the wire, then screw the bridge down, sandwiching the wire between the bridge and body.

OTOH, I prefer to do my bridges like this:
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#4
Thanks for the replies!

Do you mind if I ask exactly what it is you have done there?

It looks like you run the wire to that little cavity, let the stripped piece of the wire rest against the copper foil and then the copper foil is what makes contact with the bridge.
 

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