Members elsupermanny14 Posted January 5, 2009 Members Share Posted January 5, 2009 I have heard various different things on shielding a guitar. I know you have to ground the foil normally when you want to shield a guitar, but I think Doctor Morbious said that the conductive copper tape from stew mac doesn't need to be grounded? If you guys can let me know that would be great! Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted January 5, 2009 Members Share Posted January 5, 2009 I always ground shielding. I've noticed that guitars like Jaguars that have a lot of shielding always seem to have everything grounded--even the claw shaped pickup shields on the Jag are grounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted January 5, 2009 Members Share Posted January 5, 2009 Is this a strat? Wouldn't hurt to ground it anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2009 Yeah it's for a Strat. Does it make a difference or change anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mind Riot Posted January 5, 2009 Members Share Posted January 5, 2009 If the tape is in contact with anything else that's grounded (like a pot casing) then it's already grounded. The conductive tape from Stew Mac is special because of it's unique properties, if it wasn't any different than regular copper tape no one would use it. The copper is conductive, the adhesive is conductive. You don't have to solder overlap points, you can just cut and paste it where ever you need it. Miss a little spot, just cut a tiny piece and stick it there, the whole thing is electrically continuous. That's why it's so neat. I personally might run all grounds to the shield rather than the back of a pot so as to avoid possibly frying the pot, but I wouldn't do multiple grounds running all over the place. You can get some ground loops going with that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shenaniganizer Posted January 5, 2009 Members Share Posted January 5, 2009 What, exactly, is grounding and shielding? >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted January 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 5, 2009 anymore advice? i could really use it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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