Ok so while i was in india for med school i was tinkering around with some wood to make a 7 string fanned fret guitar. I'd made a regular 7 and figured i'd give it a shot since parts/wood/tools were cheap and i wouldnt cry if i made a mistake (which i made PLENTY of already) but its all part of the learning experience... anyhow
so i hacked up a normal seven string bridge i got for 15 bucks off guitarpartsdepot. (kurt over at rondo music sold me a buncha individual bridges now but at the time when i was making this i had no other option and i figured whats teh worst that could happen). Sure it looks like a hackjob but its a prototype and is intended purely as a functional instrument.
So my main question is...how should i go about grounding the individual bridges?
im using a 8 string SD Blackout cause i wanna see what the hype is. on the diagram they state that there should be a wire from the bridge to the volume pot as a ground. I am also an EMG user and know they put their grounds internally, which begs the question; If you can direct swap a EMG for a SD blackout without using anything more than the existing EMG solderless quick connect cable...do i really even need a physical ground cable?
And since a thread is worthless without pics....
Here is a link to the Blog where i show the progress of the build. Be warned, its a serious hackjob...im trying to be macguyver with bare tools lol.
Lutherie…
Please lemme know how i should approach this.. Thanks guys
Alex Myla
so i hacked up a normal seven string bridge i got for 15 bucks off guitarpartsdepot. (kurt over at rondo music sold me a buncha individual bridges now but at the time when i was making this i had no other option and i figured whats teh worst that could happen). Sure it looks like a hackjob but its a prototype and is intended purely as a functional instrument.
So my main question is...how should i go about grounding the individual bridges?
im using a 8 string SD Blackout cause i wanna see what the hype is. on the diagram they state that there should be a wire from the bridge to the volume pot as a ground. I am also an EMG user and know they put their grounds internally, which begs the question; If you can direct swap a EMG for a SD blackout without using anything more than the existing EMG solderless quick connect cable...do i really even need a physical ground cable?
And since a thread is worthless without pics....
Here is a link to the Blog where i show the progress of the build. Be warned, its a serious hackjob...im trying to be macguyver with bare tools lol.
Lutherie…
Please lemme know how i should approach this.. Thanks guys
Alex Myla
