question on wiring/grounding

normula1

I've soldered a short piece of stripped solid core mains wire to a star washer under the volume pot, bent it to shape and soldered ground wires to it. 

Sporky

normula1 said:

I've soldered a short piece of stripped solid core mains wire to a star washer under the volume pot, bent it to shape and soldered ground wires to it. 

That's pretty much how I've done it, or the loop is held by a screw into the control cavity side. 

djspecialist

normula1 said:

I've soldered a short piece of stripped solid core mains wire to a star washer under the volume pot, bent it to shape and soldered ground wires to it. 

That sounds like a neat solution.  I have some 9.7mm tags on their way from Fleabay, but in case they don't do the job, I'll try this.

djspecialist

The solder tags may not be quite as neat as the tone bug, but they did the job:



Here they are in my JM build - not a blob of solder in sight on the back of those pots!

Sporky

It's nice that people are finally fed up enough of me going on about it that they're doing it the easy way.

Lovely neat job.  

ICBM

djspecialist said:

You need to connect the ground terminal of the volume pot .

djspecialist

ICBM said:

djspecialist said:

You need to connect the ground terminal of the volume pot .

Do I?  It seems to work without connecting that terminal - although I've only tap-tested the pickups, and haven't assembled the rest of the guitar yet.

Here's my wiring diagram (from this OSG thread):

ICBM

The volume won’t turn down properly if you don’t connect it to ground.