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This has been an El Nino year for me- nothing in, nothing out.

If the ground connection goes bad again, I'll try pulling the bushing. Is the ground wire typically crushed under the end of the bushing, or squeezed between the outside of the bushing and the wood?

Apparently bending the (solid core) wire to align better with the drilled hole and using needle nosed pliers to firmly push the wire into the hole was enough to make decent contact with the stud anchor. It's quiet now. If it acts up again, I'll know what to try first next time.

The disconnect is at the stud anchor. The existing ground wire is plenty long. The connection point is buried deep inside the body. Pushing the wire against the side wall of the anchor might force it to make contact, but how to make that permanent?

There is already a wire that apparently just falls short of making contact with the threaded anchor that's embedded in the body. I'm trying to figure out a way to get it connected that doesn't involve using something like a gear puller to pry the anchor out of the body. I guess another option is pulling the wire, drilling out the side of the anchor through the wire hole that's already there, then reinserting the wire with enough bare conductor to make contact without interfering with the stud threads. Both options sound tricky.

My '01 Studio has a Gotoh tailpiece.

That's what I just did- I clipping a jumper from one of the strings to the nut that secures the toggle switch. With the jumper in place it's dead quiet. It's definitely the wire from the control cavity not making contact with the tailpiece stud insert. Now what?

My green 2001 Studio has always had a buzzing problem since I acquired many years ago. A while back I opened the control cavity and saw there was no ground wire to the frame of the switch, so I added one. That didn't seem to help much. It was probably already getting a decent ground through the cavity shielding paint. I've noticed that touching or not touching the strings, bridge or tailpiece makes no difference, it still hums the same as when I have hands off. The only thing that eliminates the buzz is touching the metal barrel of the plug when it's inserted into the output jack. Now I'm thinking the strings aren't grounded. Theres a ground wire that is fed into a hole in the side of the control cavity that appears to be pointed toward the nearby tailpiece stud. I removed tailpiece and the studs and looked into the holes. I didn't see any evidence of a wire at the bottom of the hole. Is it possible the wire actually goes to the bridge instead? I guess I'll try removing the bridge to take a look. Is there anything short of removing the tailpiece or bridge stud inserts that would allow me to remedy this problem?

Blasphemy!

Sounds like a leading cause of divorce...

With the last band I was in (10+ years ago-yikes!) always ended up playing in places with tiny "stages". Basically they would move a couple of tables and have the band set up there. I always ended up right next to the drummer, but only on his left. If I was on the right my headstock would bang into his cymbals, it was that tight. I'm well aware of cymbal-induced hearing issues.

I want this riff as a ring tone.

Have you chosen a name for it yet?

Wait- where's the Maserati?

You misspelled "they're" their.

Mandocello!

Maybe Ernie Ball can buy G&L like that other Fender offspring Music Man. You know, keep it in the family.

I had a Robin back in about '08 or '09. It was a Ranger baritone. I thought a baritone would be a cool change of pace, but I never really found much use for it after all, so out it went

I've been playing my hard tail Comanche a lot lately. It's mighty fine.

Hmmm. My '72 (or whatever year they had the Gibson logo stamped into the pickup covers) that I had back in the mid-to-late '70s (when it was just another used guitar) had the infamous fretless wonder frets, as did every other sample I came across back in that time.

How can a '70s LP Custom be considered authentic when it has "medium jumbo" frets?

I had to...

How about Richard Thompson covering Britney Spears?

Surely you're aware of Hayseed Dixie? The second link is a full concert, with better production values.