During my endless search for drippy springy tone, a while back I had a go at the simplest mod on a Danelectro Spring King pedal - that is replacing the tiny spring tank with a full sized Accutronics tank.
Of course, the big tank doesn't fit into the Spring King casing. So I took the guts out and planned to install the pedal parts onto a metal tool box.
Only then I got sidetracked and put it all away for later.
Now I've come back to it, there is what I believe is a ground wire that's completely loose (see picture). I seem to remember it being attached to the metal casing of the pedal.
Only I'm not certain where the wire connected to on the board.
I'm not very confident with electronics, and would not like to electrocute myself with 9 volts of electricity.
Can anyone with a Spring King perhaps have a look under the hood and confirm where this ground wire goes to? Any info, especially pictures would be greatly appreciated!
And a question for anyone who knows about how pedals work better than me... The rest of the electronics is untampered - so once the ground wire is back in place, and the unit is encased in a metal housing, that should be job done for grounding/shielding? I tested it without casing and without the ground wire and it sounds great only with a significant loud hum that makes it practically unusable.
Thanks for any thoughts and advice!
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