Bridge Grounding Question

I'm trying to gather info before I start finishing my USACG body.

My question is does the bridge pickup ground the bridge or will I need to run another wire from the bridge to the ground? I plan on putting on Texas Specials.

In theory the bridge pickup mounting screws will ground the bridge if the pickup has a metal base plate. However I think it's a good idea to run a ground wire under the bridge plate...... can't hurt.

I always line the cavity with copper foil leaving some of the foil overlaping the body so the bridge makes contact with it when screwed down. I solder a wire to the copper foil and pass it through the wiring hole and then solder it to ground in the control cavity.

My question is does the bridge pickup ground the bridge or will I need to run another wire from the bridge to the ground? I plan on putting on Texas Specials.


...Yes ! It grounds threw the mounting screws tew the base plate just as the original P/Us did.

...I haff a new set sittin here that I refuse tew put inna TELECASTER. They dew knott produce the sound I like and the neck P/U with its three wire cornfiggerrayshun issa pain even with the destructions that come with em.

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...Good luck!!



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...I haff a new set sittin here that I refuse tew put inna TELECASTER. (deranged internet-based alter ego, with my own lexicon and all.)

Please visit my page (http://personalweb.sunset.net/~barron/)

Can you send them to me, Fuzzy? I won't have a problem finding a home for them!

I have a MIM Nashville Tele that came with the Tex-Mex p/us. When I bought it, it had a horrible grounding issue. There is a little tang on the p/u screw that's supposed to ground it, but it wasn't working. I soldered a wire to the back of the volume pot, ran into the bridge p/u cavity, stripped off about an inch or so and fanned out the strands and twisted some of them aorund one of the bridge screw holes in the body. Worked like a charm.

Although I have limited experience with this setup, I don't have a lot of confidence in the grounding system. I think it needs help...

My thinkin is, better safe than sorry....

In theory the bridge pickup mounting screws will ground the bridge if the pickup has a metal base plate. However I think it's a good idea to run a ground wire under the bridge plate...... can't hurt.

Can't hurt indeed....and has solved many grounding issues, on a lot of my customer's Teles.