Tapewounds causing electrical hum

[iiipopes]

Even EMG's need a bridge ground under difficult conditions like stage lighting and funky old wiring in recording studios. Believe me, I have been addressing this issue for over 40 years with working pro musicians. Even with a well-shielded instrument, tape wounds and heavily coated strings fail to reduce extraneous hum as there is no human connection to ground.

Mine didn't. I have played in the worst of places with all sorts of loads and noise sources over the last 40+ years from the smallest bars to the largest theatres, with all sorts of electrical issues, including some flat miswirings we had to work around to keep from being electrocuted.

 

[HaphAsSard]

 

[Sadowsky]

A standard personnel grounding strap has a resistor in it to minimize the risk of (it having anything to do with) a dangerous shock.

The "safety" issue with a bridge ground is a bit of "folklore" in my opinion. You can get a shock if you are touching the guitar strings and also singing and touch the mike which is phantom powered. I do not know of anyone getting more of a mild shock from an electric guitar or bass under these circumstances.