Hi everyone!  I am very new to building stompboxes.  I am curious about grounding.  I understand the purpose of grounding, but when building a stompbox, how do you ground it.  I read somewhere that you connect the wires together, but what does it look like.  Any help would be appreciated!  Just assume that I know absolutely nothing about building stompboxes - Im still hoping that one day I can start building one!

On your input and output jacks, their should be 2 conductors (at least if it's mono): 1 for the tip of the plug, and one for the "sheath" of the plug.  The one that touches the sheath is grounded.

-Colin

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Quote from: AxmanjrHi everyone!  I am very new to building stompboxes.  I am curious about grounding.  I understand the purpose of grounding, but when building a stompbox, how do you ground it.  I read somewhere that you connect the wires together, but what does it look like.  Any help would be appreciated!  Just assume that I know absolutely nothing about building stompboxes - Im still hoping that one day I can start building one!

Check out the beginner forum, it will go through all the steps with you to build your own pedal including the grounding and how everything looks.http://diystompboxes.com/sboxforum/viewforum.php?f=6

Regards

RDV

The circuit is grounded via your guitar cord and your amp. When you wire your box together, you ground the internal wires to the jacks. www.generalguitargadgets.com has a good page on generic switching options under *articles*. These diagrams show the basic layout of switches, jacks and grounds that you will most likely be using.

Kerry M

Thanks for your help guys.  I think this all makes sense.