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Just wondering how people have been connecting the bridge to ground on these guitars.
I understand i have to drill a hole into the body but is there really a cable that comes out and gets soldered to the bridge. I imagine on this style guitar that would be very visible.

[ozzbike]

Just wondering how people have been connecting the bridge to ground on these guitars.
I understand i have to drill a hole into the body but is there really a cable that comes out and gets soldered to the bridge. I imagine on this style guitar that would be very visible.

No no no....you don’t have to do that.

On a hollow body I made....and a number of others here....and in the Wiring section....you should find a helpful tip to just thread an earth wire out from inside the body through a drilled hole under the metal mounting points of your bigsby. The bottom end...next to one of the mounting screw holes is often used. Then strip a section of the insulation....fan out the wire nice and wide and flat and lay it underneath and with full contact with the metal body of the bigsby.