Fender Strat Ground Wire

Chrome includes all original screws.

Fender strat ground wire. Your ground wire to the ring is so that the paint can do its thing. Figure 1 shows a standard way to wire a guitar like the gibson les paul and many other two humbucker guitars. Today i found an american strat that was missing a couple of really important parts ground wires. If you do not find the list or diagram for your specific instrument on this page we may still be able to furnish you with a hard copy from our archive.

The pickguard is connected with only two wires the hot yellow and the ground black wire. When i re wired i followed the wiring diagram that came with the pickups but strangely they didn t say anything about hooking a ground wire to the tremolo. Most of our older guitar parts lists wiring diagrams and switching control function diagrams predate formatting which would allow us to make them available on this page as pdf files. A ground or earth connection is a term that relates to a multitude of topics related to electrical engineering for our intents and purposes a proper ground connection is an essential part of your guitar s wiring.

On their dream machines schecter used the original style that fender used from 1954 to 1964 the wire from the tremolo claw to the output jack. Before i did any of the re wiring there was a wire connected to the tremolo on the back of the guitar. Official american fender ultra strat chrome output jack plate american fender stratocaster includes grounding wire genuine fender. Your guitar still needs to be grounded to the claw like every other strat you have seen.

Perfect condition great looks. If the ring screw wasnt there with a ground wire to it the paint would create hum with the pickups because the paint would not be grounded. A ground connection connects every piece of metal on your guitar and acts as a return path to the amp. Solder lug screw for guitar or bass control cavity as used in f style guitars generic equivalent of fender part number 001 2869 000 includes 1 foot 22 gauge ground wire lug and screw.

Home forums other discussion forums tech talk ground wire discussion in tech talk started by bt224 feb 19 2020. United states american. Fender stratocaster guitar forum. If you look at the image you will likely notice the backward c created by the ground wires connecting the four pots.