65 ri mustang wiring question

TideBleach · Post by **TideBleach** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:29 am

i just looked under the hood of my 65 ri mustang and noticed the input jack only has a white wire coming from it and the ground leg isn't used at all. is this normal?

thanks

Ty · Post by Ty » Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:51 am

I looked under my 69RI's control plate and this is what I found.
I'm guessing it's normal as mine is the same, only one wire from the input.

Hope this helps.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:04 am

I'm guessing that it must be grounded through the plate itself.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 10:02 am

it is. Via the pot casings which are also connected to the slave

TideBleach · Post by **TideBleach** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:12 am

cool thanks, i think i need to get the wiring in my house checked. no matter what guitar or amp i use nothing grounds right. it buzzes till i touch something metal : / not overly buzzing but enough that it gets old after a little bit.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:52 am

cables?

TideBleach · Post by **TideBleach** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:59 am

ive tried changing cables too and different power sockets.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:36 am

TideBleach wrote:cool thanks, i think i need to get the wiring in my house checked. no matter what guitar or amp i use nothing grounds right. it buzzes till i touch something metal : / not overly buzzing but enough that it gets old after a little bit.

That's normal. Most guitars buzz more when you don't touch the strings/bridge/etc. It's because your body acts as an antenna and floats a charge which interferes with the pickups. Touching the strings grounds the charge.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:27 pm

The bridge should be grounded via a wire and that should ground the strings themselves.