Guitar Shielding

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Sniper1

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I have a LP clone that I shielded the electronics cavity,Is it really necessary to shield the pickup cavities also? I am using covered humbuckers wax potted.I'm ready to reassemble the guitar but need to know about the pickup cavities.
 
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Shielding itself is not NECESSARY by strict definition. However, if I was to go down the shielding path, I would do the pickup routs as well. Why not go the whole magilla?
 
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loudriver23 said:
Shielding itself is not NECESSARY by strict definition. However, if I was to go down the shielding path, I would do the pickup routs as well. Why not go the whole magilla?
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Really? The pots and cabling are not capable of gathering noise and interference? What definition are you using?

Shielding the pickup cavities is pointless unless you have a way of connecting the shield to ground.

The shielding material will have impact on the magnetic field and will have impact on the sound. Usually pretty subtle but defintely there
 
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TheArchitect said:
Really? The pots and cabling are not capable of gathering noise and interference? What definition are you using?

Shielding the pickup cavities is pointless unless you have a way of connecting the shield to ground.

The shielding material will have impact on the magnetic field and will have impact on the sound. Usually pretty subtle but defintely there
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Give this a watch, the first part is about grounding, the second part is about sheilding- good stuff.
http://www.taylorguitars.com/see-hear/Video.aspx?file=AudioGrounding_High.wmx
 
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By connecting the shield to ground,Do you mean a ground within the guitar or an outside ground source?
 
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Is this right? Shield the electronics cavity,shield the pickup cavities,connect a ground wire from the electronics cavity to the pickup cavities.
 
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Sniper1 said:
Is this right? Shield the electronics cavity,shield the pickup cavities,connect a ground wire from the electronics cavity to the pickup cavities.
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You need to connect all your shielding to ground. Solder a lead to each pickup cavity, solder a lead to ground, and solder all three together onto the control cavity. That's what I'm doing. The goal is to have every piece of shielding connected to ground.

What are you using for shielding material?
 
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And if you're using tape, solder a little drip between the individual pieces of tape. They will not be automatically grounded/connected to eachother.

On an LP, if you're using covered pickups, they're pretty well shielded. That's why the electronics cavity is more important than the pickup cavities. But shielding is never counterproductive. So if you've got the time, materials, and patience, just do as much as you feel like doing. It will all help. However minute or inaudible, at least conceptually it's doing something good. But personally I wouldn't waste time shielding a humbucker cavity myself, because the benefit/time ratio is too high. I have other stuff to do, like type this response :)
 
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frankfalbo said:
And if you're using tape, solder a little drip between the individual pieces of tape. They will not be automatically grounded/connected to eachother.
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Depends on the tape. The stuff I got from StewMac used conductive adhesive and did not require each piece to be connected for conductivity.
 
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That's fine, but I don't trust it. Adhesive breaks down, and it only takes three seconds to touch the iron/solder to each junction. I'm not disagreeing with you, just adding.
 
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