The green and bare wires

[357mag]

I've got a Virtual Vintage Blues pickup that I'm considering installing. I think this is a slighter older model by Dimarzio cuz it has not only a green ground wire but a bare ground wire also. Dimarzio says when you solder the bare wire to ground don't let it touch any other connections.

So can I assume that I should not twist the green wire and the bare wire together then and solder them together in one shot to the back of the pot?

 

[Zerberus]

Re: The green and bare wires

Just don´t cut the red one, otherwise

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: The green and bare wires

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPT-...o.com/lethal-weapon-3&feature=player_embedded

 

[pzaxtl]

Re: The green and bare wires

No, you can solder them together, just don't let the bare wire touch any other connections besides a ground. I usually solder the bare and green together, run a length of heatshrink on them, then solder the exposed and tinned leads to the back of a pot.

 

[pzaxtl]

Re: The green and bare wires

Just don´t cut the red one, otherwise

Now, THAT was funny!

 

[357mag]

Re: The green and bare wires

Just don´t cut the red one, otherwise

This has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: The green and bare wires

No boom today, always boom tommorow!

 

[jimo]

Re: The green and bare wires

This has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand.

Really, you don't get that?:haha:

 

[Stratman]

Re: The green and bare wires

Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Gonna cut right down!

Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Right off your feet!

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: The green and bare wires

I've got a Virtual Vintage Blues pickup that I'm considering installing. I think this is a slighter older model by Dimarzio cuz it has not only a green ground wire but a bare ground wire also. Dimarzio says when you solder the bare wire to ground don't let it touch any other connections.

So can I assume that I should not twist the green wire and the bare wire together then and solder them together in one shot to the back of the pot?

Since the bare wire has no outer shielding, if it touches a switch connection or pot connection once you've got all the wires stuffed into the cavity, it will shunt that connection to ground.

That's what they mean by not letting it touch any other connections.