shielding

The hot wire now shielded by the copper foil

Starting to wrap the hot wire with adhesive copper foil

Hello, I got a Fender Vintera I Seafoam Green a couple years ago, but lately I started having some weird pickup issues: sometimes I get very quiet sound (I have to crank gain and amp volume to the max to hear it) and after touching the upper pole of the lead pickup (see attached picture below)...

Sorry if this seems a silly question, but how does one secure/protect a pre-amp circuitboard inside a body cavity? I’ve only ever build passive instruments, but my recent build uses a Stinger 77 active pre amp. Will it create grounding issues and stop it working if the circuitboard touch...

Hi! I recently bought a usted Yamaha RBX170, im planning to.replace the pickups and since I'm going to dismantle all the electronics, i want to put shielding on the bass, i've got all the necessary tools, I already bought the cooper tape with conductive adhesive and I have a pretty good idea of...

I'm doing a Warmoth PJ with Flexcore parts base, and I have a plan for grounding that I've put together from manuals, videos, and web instructions. But I'd like to sanity check here on what I'm planning to do: I've covered the pickup and control cavities with copper foil, covering the back...

I've just received a set of Lindy Fralin's hum-cancelling split coil pups (w/ a 5% overwind). Do I really need to shield my bass since I'm installing noiseless pickups? Thanks for your opinions!

In the past I've used EMG pickups with shielded wire so I didn't shield the control cavity and didn't have any noise due to the wire itself being shielded. My latest EMG wires are not shielded, so I am going to shield the control cavity and pickup cavity with shielding tape. That got me...

While I was disassembling my 2011 Highway One jazz bass I noticed that my bass was equipped with grounding straps which were sent straight to a ground screw in the control cavity. The ground straps themselves had a small metal 'brad' that I assume grounds the strap to the body? I've never seen...

By this I mean the pickups themselves, not the cavity. I have a Yamaha BB735A that I love playing, but the pickups are unshielded internally and produce a lot of noise from EM interference (single coil hum too, but I'm less concerned about that for now). I've shielded the control cavity and...

Hi TB - Wasn't sure if I should post this here or in Luthier's Corner so here we go. I recently finished assembling a P-bass that I put together from parts. I ultimately ended up re-doing the wiring but reusing the pots. I followed this wiring diagram (except I think I may have swapped the...

Stupid question time: I have a bass that was purpose built for EMGs and this has no bridge ground nor a route for it. It has a counter sunk bridge as well. I have a set of CREL fully shielded aluminum passive jazz pickups and I'd like to see what y'all think about needed to ground the bridge...

The main shielding paint that has been talked about here is the spray on variety of MG Chemicals Super Shield Nickel 841AR. The brush on versions of that only comes in larger quantities that are expensive and in sizes larger than I could ever use.. Since I build so few instrument (and over...

Hi. I've got 3 basses. 2 of the Musicman Stingray 3 eq and one Fender dimension USA bass . Yesterday I was trying record some groove when I noticed that there is an electric noise in the recorded track. I started to investigate, where the noise coming from. If I touched any of the pots, jack...

This episode focuses on how to reduce interference in your instrument signal. Get rid of that nasty hum and cell phone noise and focus on your tone instead! This is part of a video series titled "Guitar and Bass Electronics Simplified". The goal is to explain just enough about the...

Hi everybody, I have a Yamaha bb234 which is passive pj configuration. When I turn up the tone, I get buzz/hum from the pickups. The J and P make different humming sounds but the J is way louder than the P. After looking online and reading forums here I took it upon myself to shield the bass...

Hello all, I've recently built a bass and was able to wire everything so that there's barely any hum left (you have to turn up the gain really high to hear humming). Everything works as expected, except one thing - every time I touch a string the amp makes a 'pop' sound, dunno how to describe...

Hi everyone! Last weekend, I bought (used) a GK MB200 head and CX210 cab. I tried them out first and they sounded so great. I was staying with a friend at the time, so I set them up at his place and played bass all weekend and it sounded wonderful. However, now that I've brought them home to my...

So, three years ago I ordered a short-scale P-bass (Harley Benton PB Shorty), strings, shielding foil and vinyl wrap for the pickguard. And took delivery of some tuners from a very generous Moonshine Guitars, kindly brought across the Atlantic by @Cowboy in Latvia. And I finally got round to...

I've installed pickups in several basses and in 3 of them I shielded the pickup and control cavities. Having read that you should NOT put copper shielding tape directly around the pickup, that got me thinking. What effect is the shielding in the pickup cavity having on the pickup? Furthermore...

Hello, I'm new here. I've been lurking for one year, reading and learning a lot of things because of you and because of this great place. I'm a guitar player but I've been into bass and bass modding since I discovered this forum. I've been searching all over the forum for a solution, but I...

Hey there. I've shielded my P bass with copper tape. It's super quiet now. I'm thinking of installing Fender Pure Vintage '63 pickups, which come with the shielding plate on the bottom. I understand the plate was used with unshielded bodies. So the question is what should I do with the plate...

Hi all! So, I own an Ibanez GSR-200 and a Blackstar FLY 3 Bass amplifier, which is the only one I own. I've always used it with batteries, and I've never experienced any kind of issues, until I purchased the power supply for the amp as I don't want to be dependent on the batteries. The first...

In one application -- amp effects loop -- I'm having a problem with my cables acting as a sort of hum antenna. The intensity changes with the angle and direction of the cable away from the amp. Troubleshooting has determined that nothing in the chain is faulty. Has anyone found a brand and...

I know, I know. "Why'd you get the Bronco when you could have spent a little more and gotten something better??" "Why are you spending so much money polishing a turd?" "There is no sense in spending more in modifications than you spent on your instrument!!" Well, here I am. I have a habit of...

Okay, I'll admit it - I am a total numpty. I had hemmed and hawed about posting this, but I figure it's better to just swallow my pride in the service of getting my issue resolved. I recently bought a new black pickguard and truss rod cover for my ruby red Rickenbacker 4003s. I *thought* I took...

Hey everyone i would really like some help I have a 2013 60th anniversary issue American Fender P deluxe. It is an awesome bass and I have loved it for many years. It creates a really loud buzzing sound and I really would like it gone as it effects the sound to the point where its almost...

Hi guys, I need your help on something that's a real mystery to me: I've recently bought a new bass which I'm totally satisfied with. I really dig this instrument. It's a 2006 Fender Victor Bailey Jazz Bass V in mint condition. But I have a problem with it: I get a lot (really a lot!) of hum...

I have a 2015 American Standard Fender Jazz that is completely stock. Just noticed this week (has it happened in the past? I don't think so, but I could be wrong) that there seems to be a grounding issue. When I plug it in, there is a hum. The hum goes away when I do 1 of 3 things: touch the...

Hi all, I have a Stagg BC300-FL (PJ configuration) with upgraded hardware and electronics. The pickups are both Bartolini; the neck pup is an old discontinued model that seems to be quite like a vintage P pup, and the bridge pup is a newer epoxy-sealed J model. There's also a Bartolini NTBT...

So: the short version is I've got a new Ibanez ANB306 that has horrible directional hum, and my Google-fu and/or reading comprehension are weak enough that I haven't been able to suss the problem. The pickups (Bartolini xxM56C) are supposed to be humbuckers, but sure aren't bucking that hum...

Hello peeps! I just bought a Fender American Professional P bass, 2019. The V-mod pup's have an Alnico 2 magnet for the lower strings, and an Alnico 5 magnet for the higher strings. I tend to place my plucking hand on top of the pup's or very close to them. When my fingers either touch or get...

I've upgraded my Mustang PJ with a Dimarzio Area J, Switchcraft switch and output jack and shielded all cavities with copper tape, and now when I'm at it I thought that I could make some improvement on the wiring as well. Inspired by the famous Jazz Shielding Pictorial I've made a schematic...

So my Kingfisher arrived and overall, I'm pretty happy with it. All the downside was no surprise cuz I had read a lot of reviews (the heavy weight, the pots with weird tapers, the buzz). The good points of the bass more than make up for it. It looks great, is a joy to play and has great tone...

Hi Folks, This thread most likely won't educate you, but may convince you to spend an hour or two and shield your bass. Here's my story: A few months ago I moved my bass from Hawaii back to the Mainland and noticed a slight buzz when not touching the strings. Nothing major, just a little...

Hey all, The group I play with has moved to a new practice venue. It is an office space that is part of a commercial complex. Here is my issue: when I play my FBass in this venue, I get a loud hum that changes as my bass moves through the environment, e.g. if I aim the neck down, the hum...

Hello there So, here's the problem. I've a jazz bass, which, as it was before (V/V/T) did not have any buzz/noise when not touching anything metal. I mean, at all. I decided I wanted more "hair" out of my bass, so I did away with the 250k V/V/T pots, wired both pickups in series and had just a...