Question on Jack Wiring

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Jeff5

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Hey guys. I understand how to wire a jack with the ground and hot. On my Hamer, the long flat part of the jack that sticks out (I believe its part of the ground) was smashed to the volume pot and soldered to it. Is there any reason to do this, provided you have the ground loop hooked up? I can't see that it would be necessary, but maybe there's something I'm missing.

Thanks,
Jeff
 
Re: Question on Jack Wiring

I’m assuming that you mean it’s soldered to the BACK of the volume pot. If that’s the case, it’s just a better connection from the pot to ground than you would have with a wire. Unless you’re changing either the jack or the pot, I’d leave it... and if you’re leaving it, then there’s no need for ANOTHER connection directly to ground. That would likely create a loop, which is best to avoid.
 
Re: Question on Jack Wiring

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a loop in the grounding wire, guitars deal with such low amounts of power that a ground loop is impossible without having more than one output jack.

But BriGuy is right, there is no need to worry about it, and another connection between volume and jack would just be a waste of wire.
 
Re: Question on Jack Wiring

Thanks guys! In a lot of diagrams, SD included, I see the ground for the jack coming from the tone so I wasn't sure if I was missing something. Does it really matter if it comes from the Tone or Volume? I'm assuming as long as its grounded that's all that matters.
 
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Re: Question on Jack Wiring

No, it doesn’t really matter where everything goes to as long as it’s all grounded. I think on the Seymour Duncan diagrams they just picked the tone control because it’s usually closer to the Jack itself.
 
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