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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on February 6, 2011 at 4:45pm

The back of the volume pot is the traditional spot because there is lots of area there to attach wires. I think it could anywhere though - but it does need to be one spot.

I would be interested in hearing people's comments on this.

Permalink Reply by Mister Scott on February 6, 2011 at 5:07pm

You mean all grounds need to be centered on one area?

Skeesix said:

The back of the volume pot is the traditional spot because there is lots of area there to attach wires. I think it could anywhere though - but it does need to be one spot.

Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on February 6, 2011 at 5:51pm

most people ground to one place because it is detrimental to the sound if you inadvertently ground an element in the circuit twice.  It should make no difference if the ground circuit collects other elements along the way, as long as none of them loop back to ground again... The chassis of the jack can work real good too.

Permalink Reply by carverman on February 9, 2011 at 10:45am

I generally provide a ground tie to the metal cover solder lug on a push-pull pot and the large

frame lug on a standard 3 way switch.  The other end is connected to a back of the volume pot

which has the largest area for soldering.   There are a few known methodsfor grounding..

one is the the "star" which probably fits the the volume pot situation. The other is a "diamond"

pattern where the tones and volume pots are also connected by separate solid wire.