1+ for drilling from the tailpiece mount. I think this is the way the strings are grounded on most hollow body and floating bridge guitars. Takes a long bit, but it's the simplest of your ideas and the most tried and true other than pulling the bridge post...which as you say is mightily stuck.
[edit]...although when I was posting I had not seen Simon's last post. Of course, if there is an opportunity to buy a new tool that changes everything ;-)
...but after a couple of minutes of thinking about "what could possibly go wrong" I went back to the "ground at the tailpiece" option as my favorite...Originally Posted by fender3x
I looked at the tool Simon is referring to, and that took me back to when I needed to pull the studs on an ES style bass, and made a sort of DIY puller that functioned similarly to the one that Simon is recommending. Like the professional puller it involved putting a bolt into the bridge stud. It worked fine to pull the stud and did not mar the finish...but it destroyed the stud. The problem is that the studs are made of either zinc or pot metal which is not very strong, so pulling with a hard steel bolt stripped it. This was not a problem in my case, because I had other studs. You could also re-tap the stud if you have a big enough tap...but it requires one that is bigger than most tap and die sets come with.
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