99mustang Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I fitted my new Badass II to my Squier the other day, and noticed that the earth wire is just trapped between the underside of the bridge and the body. [attachment=95637:Badass II.jpg] The old bridge had pressed the earth wire into the body making a poor connection. Has anyone any idea how to make a better more permanent connection? Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 That is quite usual, most manufacturers just stick the bare wire under the bridge, even my schack and Shuker were the same. I have even had to rub the black painted bridges back to brass to get a ground. what I do is make sure the wire is clean and I bend it over and solder the loop this creates a larger surface area and the solder also gives it some depth, I then re position it away from the original indentation having cleaned the underside of the bridge, bolt it back down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 [quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1324419058' post='1474129'] That is quite usual, most manufacturers just stick the bare wire under the bridge, even my schack and Shuker were the same. I have even had to rub the black painted bridges back to brass to get a ground. what I do is make sure the wire is clean and I bend it over and solder the loop this creates a larger surface area and the solder also gives it some depth, I then re position it away from the original indentation having cleaned the underside of the bridge, bolt it back down. [/quote] +1 That's as good a way as any and is exactly what nearly every manufacturer does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 [quote name='99mustang' timestamp='1324418485' post='1474117'] I fitted my new Badass II to my Squier the other day, and noticed that the earth wire is just trapped between the underside of the bridge and the body. [attachment=95637:Badass II.jpg] The old bridge had pressed the earth wire into the body making a poor connection. Has anyone any idea how to make a better more permanent connection? Cheers. John. [/quote] Under my bridge is recessed. I taped the recess and surrounding area (still under the bridge) with copper tape, then I screwed a solder tag into the recess and soldered the earth wire to the tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99mustang Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) [quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1324419058' post='1474129'] That is quite usual, most manufacturers just stick the bare wire under the bridge, even my schack and Shuker were the same. I have even had to rub the black painted bridges back to brass to get a ground. what I do is make sure the wire is clean and I bend it over and solder the loop this creates a larger surface area and the solder also gives it some depth, I then re position it away from the original indentation having cleaned the underside of the bridge, bolt it back down. [/quote] Really? I find that quite a shock. I would have expected some kind of eye terminal or a soldered tag. Seems a bit hit and miss for something that is so important to how the thing works. Edited December 21, 2011 by 99mustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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