Help w/ p bass wiring

Looks to be the bridge ground, should run through a little hole in the side of the cavity and end up under the bridge. The end should be stripped out and get pinned down by the pressure of the bridge being screwed on.

 

Could be, ground is ground no matter where you pick it up. Might have been to ground shielding in a control cavity. Also could be that someone cut it instead of loosening the bridge on whatever bass it came from. If it serves no purpose you can remove it, or just insulate the end (i.e. tape it up )

 

Pretty much. Stick a cable in the jack, should be able to tap the pickups, work the volume and tone. If it all works screw it in, use the long wire to ground the bridge.

 

You will still need a bridge ground. The wire looks clipped, which leads me to believe it is a cavity ground that had the lug clipped off. If installed correctly with the bridge ground, and everything else works well, I would instead clip the extra wire at the pot body so there is nothing to attract extraneous noise. Loose wires act as antennae for electrostatic noise.

 

surprised there no capacitor in that setup.....

 

Some Squiers have a ground strap in the control cavity.

 

It’s a bridge hound.

 

ahh your right...it was hiding, my bad

 

You're a bridge hound!

 

A bridge hound...

 

@brushfirewolf - Look inside the control cavity and see if there is a loop or screw someplace. Most modern PBs have a ground wire going to the bridge and another attached to the shielding in the control cavity. And although it’s not a universal rule, convention is that black wires are always ground leads.

 

Lol!!