Grounding wire

[Mattiaas]

So, I have a guitar with actives and I want to replace them with passive ones, meaning I will need to ground them to the bridge.
I don't know if there's a pre-wired ground from the bridge but I found a sole wire with a rubber cover(lol) on it(Over the bare wire that is). Could that be the ground wire?

Thx dudes :)


Btw, is the ground wire necessary?

[Dmoney]

what guitar is it?

my old ltd had actives but it also had a pre-installed ground wire going to the bridge that was just taped off.
you could see the wire going off into a small hole in the direction of the bridge. not the battery or anywhere else.

[Mattiaas]

Schecter C-1 Blackjack ATX.

There's 3 holes. One to the jack, one to the battery and one to the pickups.

I couldn't see where it came from(the wires are such a mess).

It was a slighly thicker red wire

[Dmoney]

can you post a pic?

were does that red wire go?

[Mattiaas]

Turns out it was 3 wires(Pickups and battery)....stupid me.

Guess I'll have to drill a hole from the bridge pickup cavity now :/

Still, is the grounding wire absolutely necessary?

[JacksonRR]

Not something you have to have, but if you'd like less noise then I'd do it. Very few people experience a backwards result, where their body actually picks up hum and noise and transfers it through the strings. You should ground the bridge though. You haven't said whether it's a tremolo or a fixed, but trems are easier IME because you just have to drill through the bridge PUP route to reach the claw where it can be soldered.

[Mattiaas]

Tune-O-Matic ;)