Do I really need to ground to bridge?
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ErikH
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
If it's like my SG Jr, the channel for the pickup wires runs through the lower bridge post hole in to the control cavity. Feed the bridge ground through there from the cavity.
Also make sure the pickup leads run along the side of the hole so the bridge post doesn't come down and crimp them. There's a groove in mine just for that from when the pickup lead channel was drilled out. Didn't see it right away and had to do a little repair work on the pickup lead.
If it's like my SG Jr, the channel for the pickup wires runs through the lower bridge post hole in to the control cavity. Feed the bridge ground through there from the cavity.
Also make sure the pickup leads run along the side of the hole so the bridge post doesn't come down and crimp them. There's a groove in mine just for that from when the pickup lead channel was drilled out. Didn't see it right away and had to do a little repair work on the pickup lead.
The_Junior
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
Sounds like you need to drill for your ground lead to go.
I get a long thin bit for this (Thin enough for whatever Gage lead you're going to use). Come into the top angled inside the bridge stud toward the control cavity. Kind of tricky, but not impossible. Maybe set down some masking tape (or something) to avoid marring the top of your guitar.
Sounds like you need to drill for your ground lead to go.
I get a long thin bit for this (Thin enough for whatever Gage lead you're going to use). Come into the top angled inside the bridge stud toward the control cavity. Kind of tricky, but not impossible. Maybe set down some masking tape (or something) to avoid marring the top of your guitar.
Chris Pile
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
Or you could die. Is that enough incentive for you?
Or you could die. Is that enough incentive for you?
GuitarStv
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
What exactly is going to kill you with an ungrounded bridge?
What exactly is going to kill you with an ungrounded bridge?
Chris Pile
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
An electrical short. Keith Relf of the Yardbirds died onstage from electrocution. So did the bassist of the The Shadows, and a guy from Stone the Crows.
Lots of guys have been badly shocked - Keith Richards rather famously flew across the stage engulfed in a blue halo of sparks, George Harrison kept getting shocked on camera during the filming of Let it Be, etc.
An electrical short. Keith Relf of the Yardbirds died onstage from electrocution. So did the bassist of the The Shadows, and a guy from Stone the Crows.
Lots of guys have been badly shocked - Keith Richards rather famously flew across the stage engulfed in a blue halo of sparks, George Harrison kept getting shocked on camera during the filming of Let it Be, etc.
kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
Yeah i thought that was something to do with older amplifiers but the problem has been rectified
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Yeah i thought that was something to do with older amplifiers but the problem has been rectified
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Blille
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
Origin story of his immortality superpower.
Origin story of his immortality superpower.
Chris Pile
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
Anytime there are multiple circuits or old wiring schemes in buildings its possible. Outdoor events are even more problematic. Then there are performers who like to touch lighting trusses, or perform barefoot. A French singer died just last year, having stepped on a cable while touching her mic stand. NOTHING is foolproof.
Anytime there are multiple circuits or old wiring schemes in buildings its possible. Outdoor events are even more problematic. Then there are performers who like to touch lighting trusses, or perform barefoot. A French singer died just last year, having stepped on a cable while touching her mic stand. NOTHING is foolproof.
Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
Do I really have to put my car in park and shut off the engine while I go inside for a few minutes?
I ought to be able to leave my car unattended, right?
I mean it's only a minute or two.
It's just so darned inconvenient having to start it every time I get in.
I have it nudged up against a jersey barrier and it's in Drive so it shouldn't be able to go anywhere.
What could go wrong?
Do I really have to put my car in park and shut off the engine while I go inside for a few minutes?
I ought to be able to leave my car unattended, right?
I mean it's only a minute or two.
It's just so darned inconvenient having to start it every time I get in.
I have it nudged up against a jersey barrier and it's in Drive so it shouldn't be able to go anywhere.
What could go wrong?
DavidRavenMoon
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
You have it backwards. People got shocks from improperly grounded PA systems when they touched the mic, which had current flowing in the grounds, and their *grounded* strings. That makes the current flow through your body.
I’ve been shocked like this plenty of times. I still carry a neon bulb outlet tester to check by touching my strings and the mic. I once measured 85 volts between the mic and my strings.
Not having your strings grounded prevents shocks, but you pick up noise.
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You have it backwards. People got shocks from improperly grounded PA systems when they touched the mic, which had current flowing in the grounds, and their *grounded* strings. That makes the current flow through your body.
I’ve been shocked like this plenty of times. I still carry a neon bulb outlet tester to check by touching my strings and the mic. I once measured 85 volts between the mic and my strings.
Not having your strings grounded prevents shocks, but you pick up noise.
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GuitarStv
Sock Market Trader
Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
So, funny story . . . but I grew up in Northern Ontario. We would have temperatures below -40 for a pretty large chunk of each winter. It was the norm to leave your car running while you went in to the general store, post office, grocery store . . . or anywhere that there weren't enough outlets to plug in a block heater. If you didn't leave your car running or plugged in, there was a good chance that it wouldn't start when you got back out.
So, funny story . . . but I grew up in Northern Ontario. We would have temperatures below -40 for a pretty large chunk of each winter. It was the norm to leave your car running while you went in to the general store, post office, grocery store . . . or anywhere that there weren't enough outlets to plug in a block heater. If you didn't leave your car running or plugged in, there was a good chance that it wouldn't start when you got back out.
Chris Pile
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Re: Do I really need to ground to bridge?
I have it backwards that they died? Oh, really.
You of all people should know grounding of the guitar is necessary.
I have it backwards that they died? Oh, really.
You of all people should know grounding of the guitar is necessary.
