RR3 without a ground wire????

[84sups]

So I had to drill the hole for the ground wire and the wood was very dark. I thought these were poplar or alder bodies? The wood color was pretty close to what I've seen of mahogany. It is trans red. Put a J80 pickup in it and I'm wondering why I haven't put it in anything yet. Sounds really good. Wondering what an equivalent would be in Duncan or Dimarzio would be.

[Jayster]

These are from a while ago of a RR3 I modded up a bit









I replaced the stock Pup's with SH 2-6 B/N, upgraded the pots and used solid core wire when re-wiring. I included the cavity shots front/back for you to be able to compare too.... These are good guitars, great for their price

[84sups]

The neck pickup route went to the bridge pickup then to the cavity. It's stamped RR3 on the neck and body but the pocket is a lot darker than yours Jayster. It's the same color too

[jdr94]

good deal. i just remembered that my rhoads pro did have a wire to the plate, but none of my rr3s had one.

[JACKSONFREAK]

It could be a Cedro body. It's a mahogany looking wood. It should be grounded to the claw. If you have problems with atchaing the wire to the claw try scratching the claw with a file or something sharp and abrasive, It could be brass and wont hold rosin core solder.
Gil