I always shield my strats, its a habit I guess. Well on my new squire, it wouldnt stop humming, even after doing the guitarnuts.com shielding that I do to all my other guitars. So I got some of the copper tape that I used, and took a sheet, and scraped a little of the stickyness off of a aprox. 3 1/2 in. piece. I then took the strip and wrapped it aroundt pup, leaving about a 1/2 in. overlapping. This thing I quiet now! oh, dont ground the foil, thats what sucks away the top end that everyone complains about. Just use it as an antenna and let all the noise stay in the foil, and not go to ground. Try it, it really works.
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Originally posted by beandipI always shield my strats, its a habit I guess. Well on my new squire, it wouldnt stop humming, even after doing the guitarnuts.com shielding that I do to all my other guitars. So I got some of the copper tape that I used, and took a sheet, and scraped a little of the stickyness off of a aprox. 3 1/2 in. piece. I then took the strip and wrapped it aroundt pup, leaving about a 1/2 in. overlapping. This thing I quiet now! oh, dont ground the foil, thats what sucks away the top end that everyone complains about. Just use it as an antenna and let all the noise stay in the foil, and not go to ground. Try it, it really works.
I always just put an entire copper shield onto the back of my pickguard and make sure I also ground the pots and the switch together...I'm of the belief that more of the noise we do hear from a strat is from the antenna effect of the single coil pickups themselves...My findings have always been that even if I shield the cavity and solder the guard to the shielded cavity etc..that the noise is still very much there because of the very nature of single coils...Alot of people claim they kill alot of noise but I've never felt the shielding was worth the extra effort...Just my opinion though,but I've sure been there,done that...When we play out,it's really a matter of finding a sweet spot where the single coils don't buzz as much...No shielding of your strat is going to knock out the annoying noise you get from that Budweiser sign 5 feet away...Again,don't be mad at me but it is my findings...Whatever works for you is all that matters!
JohnAmps: 66 Fender BF Pro Reverb Combo,1973 50 Watt Marshall Head,Marshall 4x12 A/V Cab,Vox ToneLab LE,Vox VTH Valvetronix 120 Head,Vox AD 2x12 Cab,Roland Cube 20X
Guitars: Several Stratocasters,2 Fender Telecasters,Gibson SG Standard,Tokai Love Rock Les Paul,Dean Acoustic.
Pickups: SD SSL2,SSL5,Twangbanger,Antiquity Surfers,59N,Seth Lover N/B,Dimarzio Fred,Dimarzio VPAF N,Fender Fat 50s,Fralin SP43 Bridge,Brobucker,Antiquity Texas Hot.
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I dont think I lost alot of the highs. I always shield the entire pg and the control cavity. It makes it pretty quite, but not all the way. But now that I shielded my singles, its completely quite. Just dont ground them, or let the copper foil touch the hot or ground solder joints on the pickup.This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. - St. Augustine of Hippo
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Re: Strat shielding tip
Originally posted by beandipI dont think I lost alot of the highs. I always shield the entire pg and the control cavity. It makes it pretty quite, but not all the way. But now that I shielded my singles, its completely quite. Just dont ground them, or let the copper foil touch the hot or ground solder joints on the pickup.
JohnAmps: 66 Fender BF Pro Reverb Combo,1973 50 Watt Marshall Head,Marshall 4x12 A/V Cab,Vox ToneLab LE,Vox VTH Valvetronix 120 Head,Vox AD 2x12 Cab,Roland Cube 20X
Guitars: Several Stratocasters,2 Fender Telecasters,Gibson SG Standard,Tokai Love Rock Les Paul,Dean Acoustic.
Pickups: SD SSL2,SSL5,Twangbanger,Antiquity Surfers,59N,Seth Lover N/B,Dimarzio Fred,Dimarzio VPAF N,Fender Fat 50s,Fralin SP43 Bridge,Brobucker,Antiquity Texas Hot.
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