Slug tape

[StrummersOfThunder]

Looks like there are gonna be a few more shielded guitars around...

I even took the covers off my Greco bass pickups, insulated the contacts on the bobbin to avoid shorting, and put tape inside the pickup cover leaving a tab coming out the corner to solder to the copper bass plate. No more mr buzzy.

[AiRdAd]

so do you just line the cavity on the guitar? do you have to connect it to ground or anytyhing?

Yep you have to ground everything. So for instance in the tele I covered the neck pickup cavity and then ran a ground wire to the neck cavity, and wrapped all the wires running through the cavity linking route with the same copper tape, soldering each end of that tow the tape in each cavity. Eventually joining to the same ground wire to the bridge. I also taped the route where the jack wires go. If you do this, be sure to insulate the jack tip contact so that you don't short it on the copper in the jack route.

It's piss easy.
I'll put some happy snaps up later or tomorrow.

Can we just send our guitars to you, and you can do it?

[StrummersOfThunder]

so do you just line the cavity on the guitar? do you have to connect it to ground or anytyhing?

Yep you have to ground everything. So for instance in the tele I covered the neck pickup cavity and then ran a ground wire to the neck cavity, and wrapped all the wires running through the cavity linking route with the same copper tape, soldering each end of that tow the tape in each cavity. Eventually joining to the same ground wire to the bridge. I also taped the route where the jack wires go. If you do this, be sure to insulate the jack tip contact so that you don't short it on the copper in the jack route.

It's piss easy.
I'll put some happy snaps up later or tomorrow.

Can we just send our guitars to you, and you can do it?

Actually, I enjoy it

[Bg]

can't believe mitre 10 don't have any of this damn goes my discount

Well worth doing on any guitar really, whether humbuckered or not, always good to shield.

[StrummersOfThunder]

How about a copper bubble that you step into with your guitar. Just need a tiny hole to feed the lead through. Then you don't need to shield individual guitars.

[Bg]

How about a copper bubble that you step into with your guitar. Just need a tiny hole to feed the lead through. Then you don't need to shield individual guitars.

handy for MFC maybe....

[rickenbackerkid]

I went to Mitre 10 at lunch. No tape. Poos.

[Bg]

I went to Mitre 10 at lunch. No tape. Poos.

I've registered your dissapointment

[TmcB]

So you didn't find tape, but found poos?

How does that go for losing high end?

[Starfire]

No loss of high end, but certainly increases bottom.

[TmcB]

Hmmm, I wonder if it can scoop the mids?

[jeremyb]

No loss of high end, but certainly increases bottom.

I love some extra bottom!

[rickenbackerkid]

yeah, me too. all about dat bass

[jeremyb]

yeah, me too. all about dat ass

[StrummersOfThunder]

I didn't want to disassemble everything but this gives those of you who have never done this a peek.

Wanna' copper feel?




You can see the grounding wire coming through from the neck cavity shielding. The bridge cavity should ground itself through the bridge plate all right. So you could just earth the neck cavity to the bridge compartment but I was running wires anyway....