How to ground the bridge of my Schecter

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Racko

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Hi, I changed the active Blackouts of my Schecter Blackjack ATX Avenger to a Invader (nothing in the neck yet). I get a «fizzy» sound when I plug it and put on some disto. According to people, I need to ground the bridge (which I think might solve the «fizz» sound). The problem here is that I don't know how to ground the bridge from the inside of the guitar, it's a TOM Bridge see this picture : (https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/i...75,w_620/v1428203879/t7k03zqyqrxqa1qeezuf.jpg)

Do I need to drill a hole to ground the bridge ? Is there anybody that knows Schecter Guitars well enough to help me out ? I tried putting a copper wire from the bridge to the output jack and the «fizz»sound went off, but I don't want to have a wire hanging outside of the guitar ...

Thanks !
 
Re: How to ground the bridge of my Schecter

if it was mine i would drill a hole from the post anchor hole to the humbucker cavity.
 
Re: How to ground the bridge of my Schecter

I would suggest us run as small of an unshielded ridgid solid wire as possible and drill as small of a hole as possible.
That way you can fish it thru.
If you're not handy I would take this one to a luthier to be done.
I've never done this before but I think if you used a small long flexible bit you may be able to take it slow and work your way thru to where you can attach it to the bridge..
 
Re: How to ground the bridge of my Schecter

Drilling to the pickup route is not that complicated, but harsh repercussions for a slight miscalculation; I'd personally go from the TOM bridge hole to the electronics cavity, if I could.

Larry
 
Re: How to ground the bridge of my Schecter

Tell him to go to his room and take away his phone and computer.
 
Re: How to ground the bridge of my Schecter

Alright, thanks for the replies, if only it was this simple RStabler ahahah. I will see what I can do from the pickup cavity.

Thanks again
 
Re: How to ground the bridge of my Schecter

My only other question is, why dont you already have a factory bridge ground wire attached?
I would think that the Blackouts should have been grounded to the bridge factory from Schecter.
 
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