Hi,guys! I shielded my american std. strat with cs50' pickups and changed the bridge pickup to a ssl-5(no rwrp) yesterday.As I learnt in this terrific forum,if I want keep position 2&4 hum canceling and everything in phase I have to swap the neck and bridge pickups and install the ssl5 with the two wires soldered in reverse position because fender and duncan are rwrp to each other.
But...after I opened the cavity I found the ground wire of mid pickup was way too short to let it set in the neck pickup hole,so I decided to try just soldering and installing the ssl5(leads swapped) without swapping the neck and bridge pickups.
But,contrary to my expectation,the pickups are working perfectly!Have the hum canceling positions kept,everything in phase. But why...?
Second thing,about shielding,when I open the cavity I found there's already a screw with a little metal plate run into the body and it's grounded.Yet I didn't think too much,just shielded my strat as the photo shown(the copper has conductive adhesive back and I soldered a drop of solder on the joint of cooper and the grounding metal plate to make sure they're attached.)
Unlike the pickups thing,it's a failure.I can't feel any difference,as noisy as before.So I'm guessing either I did something wrong or maybe fender now use kind of conductive paint to shield the guitars in factory?If not,why they ground the paint in the cavity?
I'm a newbie and I'm not good at english ,so if asked something foolish don't laugh at me plz:9:
But...after I opened the cavity I found the ground wire of mid pickup was way too short to let it set in the neck pickup hole,so I decided to try just soldering and installing the ssl5(leads swapped) without swapping the neck and bridge pickups.
But,contrary to my expectation,the pickups are working perfectly!Have the hum canceling positions kept,everything in phase. But why...?
Second thing,about shielding,when I open the cavity I found there's already a screw with a little metal plate run into the body and it's grounded.Yet I didn't think too much,just shielded my strat as the photo shown(the copper has conductive adhesive back and I soldered a drop of solder on the joint of cooper and the grounding metal plate to make sure they're attached.)
Unlike the pickups thing,it's a failure.I can't feel any difference,as noisy as before.So I'm guessing either I did something wrong or maybe fender now use kind of conductive paint to shield the guitars in factory?If not,why they ground the paint in the cavity?
I'm a newbie and I'm not good at english ,so if asked something foolish don't laugh at me plz:9:
