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Re: Guitar Grounding Common Misconceptions?

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Originally Posted by FourT6and2 View Post
What about the point where all three braided leads from the switch come into contact with the braided leads from the pickups in the routing channel? Isn't that a bad thing as well? Shouldn't they be isolated from each other? Or does that not matter?
It doesn't matter at all, as the braided wires (from the pickup and from the switch) are still being grounded. It would only pose a problem if there was a live wire touching the braided grounds - which could cause a short, or cause the guitar to work intermittently.

Basically, if a ground touches a ground anywhere in the circuit it won't matter, since they'll just be grounding to each other.
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