Rewiring Help

[Mozilla]

Hey Y'all,
wanting to rewire my Jazz bass. And can't seem to find the thread that talked about a 'common ground'. I believe I have the term correct? Instead of wiring the grounds to the back of the pots....you wire everything to one point.

Can anyone point me in the direction of that thread or a wiring diagram for that style of wiring?

I have used the search function...but, after an hour or two of searching I am still without any leads.

Thanks for the help. And sorry if I have missed something obvious.

 

[Biggbass]

Are you referring to the vintage style wiring that uses the grounding strap to the tailpiece?

 

[Mozilla]

I thought that it wired everything to the output lug or something like that?? Is it called a star ground?

 

[FunkMetalBass]

"Star ground" is a specific style of wiring where you run everything to a common point. Truthfully, it's not going to make a difference. I believe the standard J wiring already connects all of the pot casings and sleeve of the output jack.

What are you trying to achieve?

 

[Mozilla]

"Star ground" is a specific style of wiring where you run everything to a common point. Truthfully, it's not going to make a difference. I believe the standard J wiring already connects all of the pot casings and sleeve of the output jack.

What are you trying to achieve?

Trying to get away from soldering so much to the back of the pots.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

Trying to get away from soldering so much to the back of the pots.

Any particular reason for that? The pots need to be grounded and provide a large, solderable surface area.

EDIT: Anyway, as long as the grounds are connected between pots and the output jack, you can't do much more. You can also buy some copper tape and shield the cavity, running a wire from the copper tape to any one of the aforementioned grounds. That will help to reduce hum.

 

[sprocket123]

Hey Mozilla , another good thing would be to apply sheilding paint to the pickup & electronics cavities .