Grounding wires in my guitar?(yay for spaces)

daybean · 01-23-2008, 02:57 PM

yeah i have stripped my guitar naked and just have this thin black wire connecting to the tremlo. is this for only passive pickups, im installing an emg 707 and duncan blackuts in another( both active sets). Can i yank this thing out (not literaly)

Metal Ken · 01-23-2008, 02:59 PM

Yeah, its the ground. EMG's don't need it. I'd just tape it off and leave it there.

Apophis · 01-23-2008, 03:01 PM

adding grounding to active pickups can add noise (based on my experience)

daybean · 01-23-2008, 03:03 PM

yeah, thats what i thought, for passive=good, active=bad.thanks

ibznorange · 01-23-2008, 03:57 PM

apparently, according to EMG's site, bridgegrounds are actually really dangerous. not sure i buy it, although i did see satch get tazed by his guitar once, from what would correlate to emg's warnings
never had a noise issue adding a ground to emg's myself, but if you dont need it just tape it off. one less connection to have to pay attention too

TheMissing · 01-23-2008, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ibznorange

apparently, according to EMG's site, bridgegrounds are actually really dangerous. not sure i buy it, although i did see satch get tazed by his guitar once, from what would correlate to emg's warnings

My friends guitar was bridge-grounded, and He had EMG's. Whenever I would play his guitar and my palm would get a little sweaty, I would start to get shocked on my palm.

scott from _actual time_ · 01-23-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ibznorange

apparently, according to EMG's site, bridgegrounds are actually really dangerous. not sure i buy it, although i did see satch get tazed by his guitar once,

they can be dangerous, if you touch something (mic stand) that's grounded to another circuit (whatever outlet the PA is plugged into). some techs wire a capacitor & resistor onto the string ground to try and reduce the shock that comes from that bridge-ground tazing. don't taze satch, bro!

ibznorange · 01-23-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by scott from _actual time_

they can be dangerous, if you touch something (mic stand) that's grounded to another circuit (whatever outlet the PA is plugged into). some techs wire a capacitor & resistor onto the string ground to try and reduce the shock that comes from that bridge-ground tazing. don't taze satch, bro!

yeah he played a small free show in the parking lot about 3 or 4 years back. hes all buddy buddy with the owner. it was pretty cool, but he touched the mic stand, and you could see it arc along his left arm that was touching the strings

ibznorange · 01-23-2008, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMissing

My friends guitar was bridge-grounded, and He had EMG's. Whenever I would play his guitar and my palm would get a little sweaty, I would start to get shocked on my palm.

yeah, i've had that happen too, but only with passives oddly enough. i think the "danger" is present with either, as it still works the same way, just there is an additional grounding loop built in the emgs

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