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Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sgmypod on March 19, 2006, 04:23:10 PM

Want to shield my parker...has a nailbomb and 2 irish tour on....need advice/tips on best way to shield or sites with ideas..plaese...thanks

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: dave_mc on March 19, 2006, 04:33:15 PM

http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/index.php

I haven't tried this (yet!), but this was the site another techie recommended to me.

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: R/2e on March 21, 2006, 08:42:35 AM

Allparts sell self adhesive copper sheet and tape for shielding. It's not too difficult a job to do sticking it in all the cavities. When you're finished, check for electrical continuity with a multimeter as sometimes the adhesive can insulate one bit stuck over another so you need to run a bit of solder over the joint..

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: tewboss on March 21, 2006, 05:06:20 PM

Quote from: dave_mc

http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/index.php

I haven't tried this (yet!), but this was the site another techie recommended to me.

I used that site when I shielded my Aria. You actually need to apply solder to the copper tape otherwise the adhesive stops it from being conductive

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sgmypod on March 22, 2006, 09:54:32 PM

did you wire the pickups to the shielding or connect an earth from shielding to the pots......and is it ok to put shielding in the s/c cavity?

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sambo on March 22, 2006, 09:57:00 PM

sorry for the ignorance- what does shielding do? reduce hum?

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sgmypod on March 22, 2006, 10:00:18 PM

more for singles...reduce noise really...and do as it says on the packet shield

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sambo on March 22, 2006, 10:05:12 PM

ok i need to do this.... my p-90 is damn noisy...

are there any downsides?

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sgmypod on March 22, 2006, 10:14:17 PM

depends what the p90's are may need potting

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sambo on March 22, 2006, 10:16:59 PM

bkp (and its just one- les paul melody maker you see)- so should be alrite there yeah? they're all potted if i remember correctly..?

Title: Sheilding my guitar..advice..any sites
Post by: sgmypod on March 22, 2006, 10:22:07 PM

p90's singles do pick up noise around them...rfi  like comps etc...so never fully quiet like humbuckers, but shielding can help reduce..so I've been told am going to try it on the parker...could also be the earth on the melody maker