Bridge grounding....

[The_Sentry]

So...how did you address the bridge grounding on your Norlin? Was it good, adequate, or non-existent?

[Torren61]

I did this. If I had noticed before I refinished the guitar, I'd have done something different. I'll add a washer paddle the next time I change strings.

[The_Sentry]

Wow...I would have never thought of doing it that way....

[Torren61]

Well....like I said...if I had noticed before the refinish, I'd have done it differently but this is unobtrusive and can be removed if need be.

[The_Sentry]

Originally Posted by Torren61

Well....like I said...if I had noticed before the refinish, I'd have done it differently but this is unobtrusive and can be removed if need be.

That's true....the only other way I could think of w/o being obtrusive is tapping a screw into the body until it met the bridge post and then attaching a ground to the screw.

I like yours, though...no holes...

[Torren61]

Thanks. It's really not very noticeable, I think. It would be, though, with a white guitar and black wire.

[Csharp]

Not sure that I understand the original question. What happened to the wire that ran from the tail insert to one of the pots?

[The_Sentry]

Originally Posted by Csharp

Not sure that I understand the original question. What happened to the wire that ran from the tail insert to one of the pots?

In a lot of Norlin models it was either non-existent, or about the size of a human hair...

[Csharp]

Thanks, I didn't know that some came without. Mine has the "human hair", but has never been a problem. Now that I think about it, they probably used high E string clippings.

[murkat]

^ yup whatever was layin in the trash.
to repalce the ground from the stud t/p is not hard at all. a Walk in the park.

[dynabite]

gauge is not a factor , even pup wire will work - unless you're grounding for lightning . .

[dynabite]

Originally Posted by Torren61

I did this. If I had noticed before I refinished the guitar, I'd have done something different. I'll add a washer paddle the next time I change strings.

That is very clever.

[dennistruckdriver]

What I did when I installed a Bigsby on my SG was to drill a hole through the pickup cavity into the mounting screw hole of the Bigsby, then run a bare wire into the screw hole, where the threads of the screw would make contact. I soldered the other end to a suitable ground somewhere on a pot body.
You could do a similar procedure on a bridge or TP screw hole, couldn't ya?

[murkat]

yes. with a TOM bridge, it is very easy.
a. pull out the TOM bridge stud
b. drill hole from bridge pup cavity to TOM stud hole
c. insert copper or whatever wire from TOM stud hole to pup cavity to cpa cavity
d. solder to pot.
e. re assemble.

if there is an exsisting ground wire hole in the cpa cavity
a. remove TP, use tp stud to remove TP bushing
b. locate ground wire hole (possibly old GW maybe there)
c. rethread new ground wire, solder to pot in cpa
d. reassemble

I do it all the time

[FourT6and2]

Originally Posted by murkat

yes. with a TOM bridge, it is very easy.
a. pull out the TOM bridge stud
b. drill hole from bridge pup cavity to TOM stud hole
c. insert copper or whatever wire from TOM stud hole to pup cavity to cpa cavity
d. solder to pot.
e. re assemble.

if there is an exsisting ground wire hole in the cpa cavity
a. remove TP, use tp stud to remove TP bushing
b. locate ground wire hole (possibly old GW maybe there)
c. rethread new ground wire, solder to pot in cpa
d. reassemble

I do it all the time

Wouldn't it just be easier to drill a hole from the electronics cavity straight up to the stoptail stud and be done with it? This way, you don't have to remove a pickup or route wire to three different cavities. It's how the factory does it in most guitars anyway...