Properly grounding an HH Tele w/Bigsby

[ghostrider25]

I’ve assembled quite a few Warmoth Strats but I plan to do my first Tele soon which will be a rear routed HH with TOM bridge and a Bigsby-like trem (Duesenberg Diamond Tremola) attached to the TOM tailpiece studs via this adapter.

My question is, how would I properly ground the strings for this kind of setup? I’m used to grounding to a trem claw or a hard tail Hipshot bridge which this setup obviously won’t have.

 

[Spud]

I’ve assembled quite a few Warmoth Strats but I plan to do my first Tele soon which will be a rear routed HH with TOM bridge and a Bigsby-like trem (Duesenberg Diamond Tremola) attached to the TOM tailpiece studs via this adapter.

My question is, how would I properly ground the strings for this kind of setup? I’m used to grounding to a trem claw or a hard tail Hipshot bridge which this setup obviously won’t have.

Usually a TOM is grounded through a hole to the bridge stud.

 

[ghostrider25]

Thank you. I'll take a look.

 

[ejphotos]

Usually a TOM is grounded through a hole to the bridge stud.

Yep, this

 

[ghostrider25]

I finally got around to looking under the hood. Lo and behold, there is a wire that I would wager is that grounding wire to the TOM stud (?)

 

[stratamania]

I finally got around to looking under the hood. Lo and behold, there is a wire that I would wager is that grounding wire to the TOM stud (?)

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That is what that wire is. For certainty, you can always test continuity between that and the bridge.

 

[ghostrider25]

Thanks everyone!