Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'm thinking of changing my J to flats from the tapes. The bridge isn't currently grounded (no use with tapes) and doesn't have a channel for the wire. Instead of paying a good bit of money to get the channel drilled and the possibility of some guy fucking it up, do you think it would be okay to use a copper grounding strip from the bridge to the cavity (like on the 60's Jazz basses)?? Any downsides to this? Would some shielding tape folded over and cut into a narrow strip be ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fannedfretbass Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 as a third year electrician i can honestly say i have no idea if this will work. do it though, im very curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Hmm... it seems that bass parts resource sells the proper thing. I might just buy those. Bridge grounding plate with strip ^ neck grounding plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knuckle_head Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'd suggest Stew/Mac's 1/4" copper tape. EDIT - fwiw you can come by similar copper or brass tape from an art glass shop - they use it in making leaded/stained glass windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members misterhinkydink Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Yes, that will do the trick. Just get some brass stock and make your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'd suggest Stew/Mac's 1/4" copper tape. EDIT - fwiw you can come by similar copper or brass tape from an art glass shop - they use it in making leaded/stained glass windows. I have that already. The cavities are shielded with it, although the pickup cavities are only partially shieled (base only) as they're very tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Or buy a $4 drill bit and just drill a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Or buy a $4 drill bit and just drill a hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Or buy a $4 drill bit and just drill a hole. I'd probably end up drilling straight through the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Drill it , pansy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 now on a more serious note the one with the strip to the bridge is the one you want ! Neck grounding plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 now on a more serious note the one with the strip to the bridge is the one you want ! Neck grounding plate Well, I figured I might as well go for consistency if I'm gonna do it that way! I think I'll just order those grounding plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 i did this on a bass to avoid drilling the bridge area hammer a piece of copper wire slowly till its flat...slip it under the bridge and down the pup rout edgepin it to the bottom of the rout and solder a wire from it to the pot body which takes all the other groundsif its daisy chainedotherwise straight to the jack ground.. ps if you can heat up the copper wire to red hot and plunge it in cold water it will really soften it so its easy to flatten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poomwah Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 drill it dammit, if you drill through, we'll fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 drill it dammit, if you drill through, we'll fix it Awwhh shucks! Thanks for being so kind to offer to pay the very expensive luthier here to fix it if I fuck it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wades_keys Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Awwhh shucks! Thanks for being so kind to offer to pay the very expensive luthier here to fix it if I fuck it up! I thought you were the luthier? How much do you charge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 I thought you were the luthier? How much do you charge? I'm pretty cheap, maybe a few beers. The luthier is another story... it makes me think that I should do that as a profession. There's pretty much a monopoly here in the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 I'm pretty cheap, maybe a few beers. The luthier is another story... it makes me think that I should do that as a profession. There's pretty much a monopoly here in the city. Learn how to do a good set up and fret dress, wire some electronics and put Warmoth, USACG, Mighty Mite and Stew Mac on speed dial. Voila, instant luthier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poomwah Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 thats it, road trip, err plane trip, who else is going? can we take a drill on the plane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 Learn how to do a good set up and fret dress, wire some electronics and put Warmoth, USACG, Mighty Mite and Stew Mac on speed dial. Voila, instant luthier. I can do setups, I can do electronics... but the other stuff not so much. As for USACG, Mighty Mite et al... anyone can do that. I'd rather make something from scratch of my own design. Buying bodies and necks and assembling them does not teach one how to do serious repairs like cracks, breaks etc... There's nowhere to learn this stuff here, and the main luthier school in the UK is closed I believe. The guy who ran it died recently. I may go to the U.S. at some stage....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poomwah Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 I can do setups, I can do electronics... but the other stuff not so much. As for USACG, Mighty Mite et al... anyone can do that.I'd rather make something from scratch of my own design. Buying bodies and necks and assembling them does not teach one how to do serious repairs like cracks, breaks etc...There's nowhere to learn this stuff here, and the main luthier school in the UK is closed I believe. The guy who ran it died recently. I may go to the U.S. at some stage....... so what we need to do is find people a reasonable distance from you to send their "junkers" too... and then keep their contact info and give them a discount on their first repair once you get rolling as thanks for their donation for you to experiment with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted September 2, 2008 Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 You really do not need to be a luthier do even the most complex operations on a solid body instrument. Really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super Bass Posted September 2, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 2, 2008 You really do not need to be a luthier do even the most complex operations on a solid body instrument. Really. No not really... anyways, this thread has veered off course a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knuckle_head Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 The brass will make your bridge stand proud of the body by the thickness of the brass. If your cavities already have the copper lining then you have a spot to solder to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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