Forearm body ground...........

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Instead of the usual barefoot to foot pedal.

I was thinking of coming up the back of my electric with a grounding wire or something, to where you rest your forearm.

This would make body grounding a no brainer, unless you had long sleeves.

I would like to do this without any serious mounting, or damage.

Any thoughts?

GT
 
why not one of those "Wrist" straps (for semiconductor electronics, like RAM) around your ankle? The disposable kind, too!

That way, nothing is around your arms so you can move them at will, and you can still wear shoes (just be careful of wearing boots and long jeans).

A quick search on google, and 3m has Foot grounding straps for use with shoes!

also check out this place for heel/toe straps
 
mekkab said:
why not one of those "Wrist" straps (for semiconductor electronics, like RAM) around your ankle? The disposable kind, too!

That way, nothing is around your arms so you can move them at will, and you can still wear shoes (just be careful of wearing boots and long jeans).

A quick search on google, and 3m has Foot grounding straps for use with shoes!

also check out this place for heel/toe straps
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mekkab,

I think you misunderstood me.

I'm talking about where you rest your right forearm on your guitar, have metal be a part of the are rest, nothing to strap on at all.

In other words, without thinking, you would have body ground, just by picking up your guitar and playing, even if you fingers leave the strings.

That's what I mean by a no brainer, just pick up and play, without having to worry about body ground at all.

As things are now, especially for recording where noise must be kept as low as possible, body ground is a nessesity, yet guitars still don't have this PROBLEM solved. Seems allmost archaic.

Well, I think it's time!!

GT
 
GT said:
mekkab,

I think you misunderstood me.

I'm talking about where you rest your right forearm on your guitar, have metal be a part of the are rest, nothing to strap on at all.

In other words, without thinking, you would have body ground, just by picking up your guitar and playing, even if you fingers leave the strings.

That's what I mean by a no brainer, just pick up and play, without having to worry about body ground at all.

As things are now, especially for recording where noise must be kept as low as possible, body ground is a nessesity, yet guitars still don't have this PROBLEM solved. Seems allmost archaic.

Well, I think it's time!!

GT
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Ohhh, I see! Like, the entire upper and back part of the guitar is a metal plate, so no matter how you strum as long as you have some contact with it, you are grounded- Interesting!
 
mekkab said:
Ohhh, I see! Like, the entire upper and back part of the guitar is a metal plate, so no matter how you strum as long as you have some contact with it, you are grounded- Interesting!
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Yeah,

Seems like when you're playing, your forearm never leaves the guitar.

This would be a perfect spot for a body ground.

Seems like guitar makers should have done this allready!

I really don't see why there would be a problem having a small flush mounted piece of metal where you rest your forearm.

GT
 
GT said:
Instead of the usual barefoot to foot pedal.

I was thinking of coming up the back of my electric with a grounding wire or something, to where you rest your forearm.

This would make body grounding a no brainer, unless you had long sleeves.

I would like to do this without any serious mounting, or damage.

Any thoughts?

GT
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I recorded a band a while back, and the bass player was playing an old Precision that hummed like a mother when he wasn't touching a metal part of it. He was an excellent player, but everyone was giving him the stinkeye because of the hum. I had him put his wrist watch on his right arm; clipped a test lead to his metal watch band, and clipped the other end of the test lead to his bridge. No hum - problem solved.
 
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kid klash said:
I recorded a band a while back, and the bass player was playing an old Precision that hummed like a mother when he wasn't touching a metal part of it. He was an excellent player, but everyone was giving him the stinkeye because of the hum. I had him put his wrist watch on his right arm; clipped a test lead to his metal watch band, and clipped the other end of the test lead to his bridge. No hum - problem solved.
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Exactly,

Guitars should not have this problem, it's really weird.

A metal strip inladed where you rest your forearm would make for a much quieter guitar, without having to resort to test lead clipped to a wrist watch, or barefoot to foot pedal.

This is a pretty major design omision, if you ask me!!

GT
 
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GT said:
Exactly,

Guitars should not have this problem, it's really weird.

A metal strip inladed where you rest your forearm would make for a much quieter guitar, without having to resort to test lead clipped to a wrist watch, or barefoot to foot pedal.

This is a pretty major design omision, if you ask me!!

GT
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QUICK! file this idea at the patent office before some unscrupulous home-rec'r steals it and becomes a millionaire of your ideas!

Well, maybe not millionaire, maybe only thousandaire, but STILL! ;)
 
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mekkab said:
QUICK! file this idea at the patent office before some unscrupulous home-rec'r steals it and becomes a millionaire of your ideas!

Well, maybe not millionaire, maybe only thousandaire, but STILL! ;)
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mekkab,

LOL!!

I'm a hundredaire now, so thousandaire sounds pretty damn good!!

GT
 
Het GT!

I found this little tip on another board..



The best way to get your guitar quiet (even if you find yourself in a studio that has poor grounding) is to get a piece of wire aprox. 2' long. On one end solder an alligator clip. Keep this wire in your accessory bag, so that the next time buzz is a problam, attach the alligator clip to one of the strings behind the bridge, and twist the other end around the baby finger of your right hand (like a ring). "It works every time."
 
Copper tape, that craft stores sell would work.

I made my own slot car track, and used it before.

You could solder a wire with a aligator clip to it, and then run it to a ground point on the back of a strat, where the strings feed through, and then run the tape up to where you rest your picking arm.

I don't think this is the method I will use, as I value the finish on my guitar too much, but if you have an old scratched up guitar, that you don't care, this would be awesome.

The tape is so thin, you wouldn't even know it was there.

Just pick up and play, with built in body ground!!

If anyone has an idea along these lines, please share!!

GT
 
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