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Jazz bass wiring
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In mass production, it is very common to cut corners, in order to keep costs low. This is what Fender often does with their grounding schemes. The pots and output jack are mounted on a metal control plate, which provides a connection to ground. This is perfectly adequate in the short term, but it is preferable to have dedicated soldered wires, like the Seymour Duncan diagram shows, so that the grounds will be reliable if either the nut on a pot/jack comes loose, or the metals corrode. If you are doing your own wiring job, be sure to use soldered connections for your grounds.
As for the lug, that is there to ground the conductive shielding paint that is in the control cavities, since you cannot solder to it. If you are doing your own wiring job with copper tape, then you can solder directly to the copper. Paint will always require a ground lug, however.
As for the lug, that is there to ground the conductive shielding paint that is in the control cavities, since you cannot solder to it. If you are doing your own wiring job with copper tape, then you can solder directly to the copper. Paint will always require a ground lug, however.
Conductive paint should not "go bad," but often mass produced instruments will have poorly applied paint jobs. You need several coats to get good conductivity, but often a manufacturer will just apply one coat, to cut costs/production time.
If you have conductive paint shielding, it's not a good idea to apply copper over it, unless the copper has conductive adhesive. It's better to just apply additional layers of paint.
Couldn't get my multimeter to beep in continuity mode when making contacts with my leads inside the route. Only assuming it's conductive paint because the stock wiring had the solder lug screwed into the body. It's a 2001 MIA jazz by the way. Pretty sure it's stock.
You should be measuring resistance, not checking for beeps. Different meters will have a different threshold for what is considered continuous. Although your resistance should not exceed tens of Ohms.