Do I need to ground a Floating SC pickup to the metal parts in my Gretsch Resonator

[BluesInGMusic]

Recently bought a Gretsch Floating Jazz Pup for my Acoustic Resonator. I'm wondering if requires the same Grounding other (electric) guitars do. I know this may be a stupid question, but never stopped me from asking. Any help, advice, would be appreciated. (never added a pup to an acoustic guitar, much less a metal laden Resonator. Admitted I know next to nothing about "Floating Pickups".

[Oscar67]

My 2cts, but I’m no expert on guitar electronics.

Guitars with a wiring harness [pickup(s), control(s), output jack] by default have grounded pickups. And there’s a ground wire going to the strings. Adding, for example, a second pickup to a guitar that has only one does not require anything extra to ensure grounding.

Adding a magnetic pickup to a pure acoustic will require a ground wire to the strings. Other than that, nothing is needed because the pickup is connected to ground via the output jack.

[sgosnell]

Do you need to? If there is noise you can't stand, then yes, you need a ground. But grounding to a resonator isn't likely to fix that. The usual ground is between the pickup cover and the strings. The strings act as antennae, and pick up the EMF radiation. The resonators aren't likely to have much effect, but it shouldn't hurt to connect them into the ground system. The important thing is to ground the strings. But if you don't have noise now, then I wouldn't bother.

[JazzNote]

Recently bought a Gretsch Floating Jazz Pup for my Acoustic Resonator. I'm wondering if requires the same Grounding other (electric) guitars do. I know this may be a stupid question, but never stopped me from asking. Any help, advice, would be appreciated. (never added a pup to an acoustic guitar, much less a metal laden Resonator. Admitted I know next to nothing about "Floating Pickups".

Floating pickups are working the same way as built in pickups. Usually the metal covers, magnets and polepieces are grounded internally. In addition the strings need to be connected to ground to. This can be done via tailpiece. If your tailpiece is made of metal there might be a physical connection which electrically connects to the resonator. I have no experience with resonator guitars, but would believe that the resonater needs to be connected to ground as well as the strings.