Have I broken my Tele?

beexter · November 3rd, 2003, 04:58 AM

Over the weekend, I decided to give my tele a thorough clean and set up. Since doing it, however, the guitar is making a loud buzzing noise when it is connected to an amp and this noise was nowhere near as bad before I started. The guitar is a CIJ 50's reissue made in 97/98 and is fitted with a vintage style bridge with 3 brass saddles. I took the entire bridgeplate off to clean it (it looks gorgeous now with it's shiny brass saddles!) and noticed there is a loose wire which comes up from the bridge pickup cavity and just seems to rest underneath the bridgeplate (there is an indentation in the finish on the body where I assume the bridgeplate "clamped" the wire to the body. Should this be attached to anything or does it just rest against the bottom of the bridgeplate? What does it do and how can I tell if it is making good contact against the bridgeplate? Hope someone can help as she's begging to be played but is just too darn noisy at the moment..

Baard · November 3rd, 2003, 06:59 AM

and touch your telebrige/strings, then it should reduce the hum. If it does the grounding wire is in good contact with the bridge. If there is no difference, then you need to let it do so.Any Contact is fine, you dont need to solder.It should just be enought if the stripped wire is firmly seated under the bridge.

Baard

November 3rd, 2003, 04:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
beexter TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK Posts: 27	Have I broken my Tele? Over the weekend, I decided to give my tele a thorough clean and set up. Since doing it, however, the guitar is making a loud buzzing noise when it is connected to an amp and this noise was nowhere near as bad before I started. The guitar is a CIJ 50's reissue made in 97/98 and is fitted with a vintage style bridge with 3 brass saddles. I took the entire bridgeplate off to clean it (it looks gorgeous now with it's shiny brass saddles!) and noticed there is a loose wire which comes up from the bridge pickup cavity and just seems to rest underneath the bridgeplate (there is an indentation in the finish on the body where I assume the bridgeplate "clamped" the wire to the body. Should this be attached to anything or does it just rest against the bottom of the bridgeplate? What does it do and how can I tell if it is making good contact against the bridgeplate? Hope someone can help as she's begging to be played but is just too darn noisy at the moment..

November 3rd, 2003, 06:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Baard Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 668	If you plug it in... and touch your telebrige/strings, then it should reduce the hum. If it does the grounding wire is in good contact with the bridge. If there is no difference, then you need to let it do so.Any Contact is fine, you dont need to solder.It should just be enought if the stripped wire is firmly seated under the bridge. Baard __________________ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.