How To Ground An Electric Guitar
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
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With less then 30 seconds you f ing nailed it thanks I had no idea it kind of threw me till now
I would call myself a novice at wiring guitars but learning. I'm rewiring a couple of guitars I have. I bought a brand new fender mustang bass last year I use it for recording. A few times it intermittently acted like it had at bad wire inside so I cracked it open and there was no ground wire whatsoever going to the output Jack. so I ran a ground wire to it along with grounding the pots together. I plugged it in and it worked. I'm assuming it should have a wire going to the ground I haven't seen a wiring diagram that didn't have one going there.😐
Best video on the subject. By far.
Great Dylan! I think I will cut metal plates and use as plates more. Such a good idea to get in cleaner with less ground wiring.
Me too!
FWIW, some model genuine Les Paul’s no longer have the metal plate in them, so the ground wires between pots are needed. Same for other Gibsons.
Great video. It’s beauty is in its simplicity
Dylan Talks Tone my friend you also talk straight talk you made it So Easy for me to understand how to do my Strat wiring, finally after listening and reading about it. Thank you kind sir. A most excellent description showing how simple it is to check grounding.
Love your videos. Although for a while I was thinking you had something against Strats cause every time I clued in it was Tele time and I’m not really a fan of those but it was just my prejudice not yours. : )
Keep’em comin’!! Thanks agin’!!
great video Dylan. Thanks
Awesome video. I have seen coated strings be a problem with grounding as well. If your only touching the wound strings you can have noise then you touch the plain stings and it gets quiet.
Thanks for such a great video! Also, sometimes ground issues are caused by people trying to fix loose jacks pots, and switches by rotating the jack or the cable which causes wires to detach from their components…
Great point!
cool video sir😊
Is it possible to get an electronic shock through the guitar if it's not grounded properly?
have a squier custom tele with lollar vintage T pu's ...problem is the pickguard buzzes when I touch it! now I have a set of 51 no caster pu's and the problem is gone ...sorry, not a fan of lollars... what is the problem with the lollars and can I fix it?😊
Im curious if your example of the neck pickup cover ground is why a Player Series Tele has a second ground that is screwed into the wood in the control plate cavity. It has a plate on the bottom of the bridge pickup, a solder tab on a screw to the bridge pickup, and a solder tab on a screw in the control cavity.
So I have a piezo pickup and 3 electric pickups. Two 1/4 inch outputs. One from the acoustic and one for the electric. If I just use one jack it blends both the piezo and electric pickups. Right now I run my acoustic side to a multi -effect and the electric side goes to a different multi-effect. I get buzzing coming through the electric side. Remove the acoustic cable from the P.A. and its nice and quiet. Plug the electric cable back in I get buzzing on the acoustic side. Now, with the 2 cables plugged into my guitar, I get buzzing, remove the electric cable from the guitar, no buzzing.
Great shirt! The vid was also great!
Very good video!
Hi Dylan, im adding a pickup to a wooden resonator. How would I ground it? Washer glued to the body? Possibly to the cover plate? If connected it to the tail piece, it would also ground the strings?
Your videos are very informative, I'm still learning lol. 🤘🏼
Great video, my question is I wired my volume pot straight from the 5 blade switch on my strat, no tone pot, when I turn down the volume pot I seem to lose all the brilliance
Dave from Dave's fun world of stuff really simplifies grounding
It is pretty simple
Eh!
He's a Canadian ....... they're simple people
@@MrStevehunter33 Far OOT! Eh!
@@MrStevehunter33 I've learned more from him about guitar repairs and setups than all of the other UA-camrs while Twoofrd is my go to for acoustics.
I love that guitar!
So there’s supposed to be noise no matter what when you don’t touch it it’s just about minimizing it with a good solder and possibly coating the inside of the cavity?
what setting do you use on the multimeter to test for ground ?
common ground. in a guitar, it is all the same point electrically. it doesnt matter if you make a loop, star, or any other wild idea. so long as the components are hooked to the ground somewhere, its all that matters.
@@waynegram8907 if they are separate, they arent common! who's EJ?
About the first case you presented with the strat: How do I fix the guitar buzzing when I'm not touching it? Resolder the solder joints as you mention in the end?
…. Just touch it
@@DylanTalksTone Haha, yeah, that would be the easy fix! I recently changed the switch on my Telecaster because the old one didn't work properly anymore. The ground problem didn't occur before, only after I swapped the switch. What did I do wrong? 😅
Great video! Anyone know why my properly grounded Les Paul is much noisier when plugged directly into the amp via a cable, vs connected via my cheap wireless transmitter/receiver? Same results to varying degrees using my other guitars & amps, & swapping out cables.
Anything special need to be done for nylon wound flats like the D’Addario ETB92?
Is the shielding related to the grounding of the guitar?
Someone should have told Keith Relf, and Les Paul about how important grounding is.
Hey Dylan, or anyone else out there. For someone that knows nothing about electronics, what does the multi meter do if there isn't continuity? Blank screen?
Thanks
What causes static buildup pop when touching pickup screws on Peavey strat?
How about for an active guitar? I think I have that right. I have a powerhouse strat I was giving to my nephew and boom it just has no sound output. The battery light no longer comes on either. I figure it’s wiring but can’t find the problem.
JP, MA!
I got a new Gibson Les Paul and when I touch the back of the neck it has static. When I move my hand up and down
how do you ground a sig sauer?
"Guitar stops buzzing when I touch the strings" - it can also happen if the amp is not grounded. This would happen if it is plugged into a faulty socket or into a socket that doesn't have a ground plug. Not recommended.
“Can someone help me with wiring a DiMarzio DP217 in the neck position and a Fender Diamondback humbucker in the bridge position, using one volume control, one tone control, and a three-way switch for a Stratocaster?”
When my guitar is unstung, the humbecker is getting lot of ground noise. But as soon as i put on string, it become quiet again. Is that normal? I dont underatand why this is happening.
Why are you playing your guitar without strings?
@@DylanTalksTone When i change pickups, i just want to do as mang testings to make sure all my soldering is done correctly and no grounding issue before i put new strings on it.
Looking forward to this one as, having a degree in Electrical and Electronic engineering, and many years modding guitars, I hope you focus on the key issue (which affects most guitar electronics). You will be a "Star" if you do (see what I did there). :)
You will be disappointed….
Lol
@@DylanTalksTone - Oh no. I tried to give you a clue with taking one point and grounding everything to it ( ie like a star network ). The volume pot casing is usually the main ground point (easily accessible).
I think he got the star grounding suggestion, which is why he said you'd be disappointed. At least that was my interpretation.
@@DenariusHaveNarius lol... I have an electronics degree too...
You have green on your fingers!
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Instructions unclear: guitar is now in a coffin 6ft under 😊
Dimebag and EVH confirm 😉
Star Grounding BS would make a great name for a shoegaze band.
Your explanation for WHY a guitar should get quieter (in an EMI-noisy environment) when you touch the (grounded) strings is not quite correct. Yes, it should get quieter if the guitar is correctly grounded. But "you are part of the ground" is wrong. In fact the guitar is then grounding YOU - your body body EMI noise-attracting antenna - when you touch its grounded metal. You can prove that by touching anything else in the room that is grounded, while still close to your guitar but not touching it. The guitar's noise will reduce in the same way, even though you are not touching it.
Ground is where you grow carrots and potatoes - ground is a poor term to use, better is to say signal return path.
I am not trying to introduce any more technical terms or trying to sound like a know it all.
ever notice where the grounding rod is for homes, and buildings.......yeah its in the ground!
@@leftyo9589 different purpose
You are welcome to make a more complicated video. If it ever shows up in my feed I’ll watch it
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How about for an active guitar? I think I have that right. I have a powerhouse strat I was giving to my nephew and boom it just has no sound output. The battery light no longer comes on either. I figure it’s wiring but can’t find the problem.