My Fralin SP43, question

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Alright I got a set of Fralin SP43's for that tele I'm slowly building (Slower then molasses moving up hill in January).

Anyways the bridge pickup has the typical ground and hot leads, but it also has one more I'm guessing is a bridge ground? I'll take a picture a little later. This is only on the bridge pickup.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

Alright I got a set of Fralin SP43's for that tele I'm slowly building (Slower then molasses moving up hill in January).

Anyways the bridge pickup has the typical ground and hot leads, but it also has one more I'm guessing is a bridge ground? I'll take a picture a little later. This is only on the bridge pickup.

I Own and use that pickup also....Can't remember,but could it be a coil tap for splitting? You might want to contact Lew about this cause I can't remember? Lew sold me mine.

 

[proxy]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

I Own and use that pickup also....Can't remember,but could it be a coil tap for splitting? You might want to contact Lew about this cause I can't remember? Lew sold me mine.

Craptacular cellphone shot. On the end of the thin black wire is (ahh i'm forgetting what its called) but basically a washer on a tab.

While i haven't heard anything about tapping this pickup, I'm wondering that too. From what I heard the screws should serve the purpose of grounding the bridge pickup to the bridge, but the lead is pretty short.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

Craptacular cellphone shot. On the end of the thin black wire is (ahh i'm forgetting what its called) but basically a washer on a tab.

While i haven't heard anything about tapping this pickup, I'm wondering that too. From what I heard the screws should serve the purpose of grounding the bridge pickup to the bridge, but the lead is pretty short.

Lew needs to chime in,he'll know.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

That's the ground that goes to the body, inside the bridge pickup cavity.
I've never understood the real purpose of that, since it appears to be drilled into wood????

 

[Curly]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

on my US tele, there's an additional wire that runs from the terminal of that ground wire in the pickup cavity to underneath the bridge

the bridge wire has about 3/8" left bare, and the bridge is grounded by pressing the bare wire against the body

 

[proxy]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

Yea its from the ground terminal, I should have specified that.

So my options are to screw it to the body which I agree makes no sense, but I'm not too keep on laying it under the bridge as too me would prevent it from lying flush with the body.

Actually, since i plan on sheilding all the cavities, should I screw that to body so it makes good contact with the sheilding, and that would count as my sheilding ground?

 

[Fresh_Start]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

FWIW Lindy Fralin apparently doesn't make any tapped pickups. I live in his hometown and called asking if they would make me one, and the response was "NO!"

Chip

 

[Curly]

Re: My Fralin SP43, question

let me clarify my earlier post ...

I haven't opened my tele in a while, so I'm going from memory ...

my bridge pickup has two wires
there is a ground wire that runs from a pot to the pickup cavity, where it is screwed to the body. there is a separate ground wire that runs from the scew terminal through a hole ( I think?) to the front underside of the bridge. A short piece of this wire is left bare, grounding the bridge when it's screwed down against the body

sorry, no pic - that would help in this case