Question for the wiring gods...

[Musician78]

...in every guitar I have ever seen with a tremelo, there is a wire grounded to the trem claw.... what is this wire grounded to if there is no trem? Is it just grounded to a pot?

[charvel750]

All that is is a string ground. So in a tuna-matic or string through or fixed bridge a wire can still go from the bridge post to a common ground. In the fixed Kahler APM 3310 (as on Jackson KV-1's for instance) the wire is just placed underneath the Kahler and ran to a common ground.

[Musician78]

What is a string ground? Sorry for ignorance concerning proper terminology...

[JACKSONFREAK]

It simply grounds your strings. SO when your playing or touching the string or bridge the hum stops in som ecases and so you dont get shocked in other cases.

[Musician78]

It simply grounds your strings. SO when your playing or touching the string or bridge the hum stops in som ecases and so you dont get shocked in other cases.

Wow. I honestly didn't know those were necessary. How would I attach it to a Les Paul Jr. bridge mounting post... just solder the wire to the post before putting the post in the guitar? This is a learning process for me... I'm figuring things out as I go along.

[Dred]

Notice how a guitar may sometimes get quieter when you touch the strings/machine heads/lock nut/bridge/etc,? A string ground eliminates a lot of that noise so there's no need to keep a hold on to your guitar. Like 750 said, it runs from the bridge post to a common ground (may run straight to the output ground lug or so, depends what the owner wants). The bridge touches the strings, the strings touch the machine heads along with any other hardware in their path, basically silencing your rig.

Hope that helps


-Damn, beaten to the punch

[Dred]

Wow. I honestly didn't know those were necessary. How would I attach it to a Les Paul Jr. bridge mounting post... just solder the wire to the post before putting the post in the guitar? This is a learning process for me... I'm figuring things out as I go along.

Yes. Be sure to feed the wire through the mounting hole first, but you probabbly guessed that. Also, clean the bottom of the post before soldering. It will make for a better joint. Try finer grit sandpaper, but some simple flux works just fine

[Musician78]

Notice how a guitar may sometimes get quieter when you touch the strings/machine heads/lock nut/bridge/etc,? A string ground eliminates a lot of that noise so there's no need to keep a hold on to your guitar. Like 750 said, it runs from the bridge post to a common ground (may run straight to the output ground lug or so, depends what the owner wants). The bridge touches the strings, the strings touch the machine heads along with any other hardware in their path, basically silencing your rig.

Hope that helps

Ya, I've actually noticed it on all my guitars at extreme high gains...... I just assumed that I became a ground of some sort. *No common sense applies*.


Ty for the clarification. I wasn't even going to use one.