Where do I solder my ground wire to?

[Lewins]

Does it get soldered to the under side of the bridge pick up plate? If so is there a preferencial place on the plate for the wire to be soldered to?

Ive had a go and come across a couple of problems.

1. Soldering technique: I tried to solder the wire to the back of the plate and it holds but then when cool just comes off. The solder stays on the wire and comes cleanly off the plate.

Do I have to heat the plate a lot before adding the solder?

2. The wire comes through a hole drilled from the bridge cavity and when I put the bridge plate on the wire stops the plate from being flush with the guitar body.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Guys

Lewins

[Amby]

You don't have to solder the wire to the bridgeplate. See this thread it will help.

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-tech...er-bridge.html

[PJ]

I crimp the smallest ring terminal I can find, with a #8 hole size in it and put it between the baseplate and pickup flange on one of the screws. This seems to work as well as any approach. I saw this approach being used on a Squier VM Tele that was very well grounded and quiet and it seems to work well.

[tdowns]

I don't know of any bridge plate that has a solderable surface. They are usually chrome plates, which is not solderable.

[red57strat]

Just trap a plain, un-insulated wire (or the stripped end of an insulated wire) between the bridge plate and the body.

[telex]

I place mine on top of a rather deep mercury almalgam filling on my right lower molar, then bite really hard!