Alexs LP-1

Awesome good work just wondering I know what the shielding is but how do your ground it to the shielding im a bit confused, sorry im just about to start my first LP1M build

[wokkaboy]

LPBuild you need to run an earth wire from a bridge post and solder that to the back of one of the 4 pots. There should be a hole drilled that goes from the control cavitiy to bridgepost, just make sure there is plenty of bare wire touching the post before you bang it in.
If the control cavity is shielded you won't need to run an earth wire to each of the 4 pots as the pots will be earthed touching the copper shielding.
I usually solder the earth wire to the closest pot to minimise wire length

[stan]

looks nice Alex - simple, refined, love it
The retro knobs look good.
Perhaps black rubber on the switch?

Ok cool thanks im gonna sound like an extreme idiot here and im sorry im only 15 :P what is the bridgepost? So sorry hahah

[Gavin1393]

/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from wokkaboy on September 3, 2013, 17:59
LPBuild you need to run an earth wire from a bridge post and solder that to the back of one of the 4 pots. There should be a hole drilled that goes from the control cavitiy to bridgepost, just make sure there is plenty of bare wire touching the post before you bang it in.
If the control cavity is shielded you won't need to run an earth wire to each of the 4 pots as the pots will be earthed touching the copper shielding.
I usually solder the earth wire to the closest pot to minimise wire length

If you have shielded the guitar cavities with copper wire, then it is unnecessary to 'ground' the pots as the shielding will act as ground as long as it comes into contact with the case of the pots. So as Wokka says, you can solder the wire from the bridge post to one of the pots, or you can simply solder the wire to the shielding.......

And if you are 15, i'd have thought you would be an expert on google and google images.......don't let a 50 year old has-been have to teach you to search "guitar bridge-post" on google images!!!

Hahaha ok great thanks Gavin

[highace10]

So sorry I didn't reply earlier...haven't been getting any emails to let me know ive got posts.

Pretty much what Gav said...

Thanks for feedback...was a fun build.

[Timsan]

Looks great, man! How did the Dark Tease go with the maple cap? I saw on the chart it's supposed to be a highly unsuitable option for maple, but it looks fantastic!

[highace10]

Thanks...it went pretty well to be honest. Didnt have many issues. It was a bit patchy to begin with but thats about it.

I didnt even see the suitability list..funny how things turn out.