Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Or sort of like this? http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/tele.php Just got a new MIM tele. Needs some quieting down. I'm putting some Dimarzio hum-canceling pups in it to start. Anybody else have suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnoMan97 Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 That is exactly what I did to mine. I works great for single coils. Not sure you'll need to waste your time if your installing hum canceling pickups though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EJD Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Not sure you'll need to waste your time if your installing hum canceling pickups though. Every little helps, though, right? Hum-canceling pickups and effective shielding could be a solid combination for a completely noise-free guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnoMan97 Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Every little helps, though, right? Hum-canceling pickups and effective shielding could be a solid combination for a completely noise-free guitar. This is true. All I'm saying is he might want to consider installing the pups first and see if that is enough before wasting the time and money on sheilding.If you do end up sheilding, the cheapest and best source for copper foil that I have found is Global Stained Glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Couldn't hurt to shield the control cavity, even if you have humbuckers. I've done it a few times and had good results. Personally, I prefer Stew Mac's self-adhesive stuff. It's like $14 for a giant roll, and beats the hell out of glue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paulskirocks Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Blasphemy! It's just not the same without a 60 Hz buzz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EJD Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Couldn't hurt to shield the control cavity, even if you have humbuckers. I've done it a few times and had good results. Personally, I prefer Stew Mac's self-adhesive stuff. It's like $14 for a giant roll, and beats the hell out of glue. I'm thinking of ordering some of that. I've got a bunch of stuff to get from them anyway for my project, so an extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 I'm thinking of ordering some of that. I've got a bunch of stuff to get from them anyway for my project, so an extra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rusholmeruffian Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 I followed most of his recommendations on my parts Strat and it is whisper-quiet even when sitting in front of a laptop. Of course, I've got a noise gate on my GT-8, but noise gates didn't help with previous noisy guitars I've owned like a Fender TC-90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EJD Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Money well spent. I've shielded 3 guitars with my roll of the wide stuff, and probably have enough for another 1.5. It's definitely on my list, then. Doubtless I'll have other guitars in the future, so I think it would be a wise investment. Cheers buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 You can save alot of tume and troubble by taking the copper foil and wrapping the foil around the pickup wires and then grounding. You can also buy ground brading and run it over the existing wires. Its more effective than lining the entire cavity. The exception would be around the switch and pots. The other way is to simply replace the single wires with some good insulated wire and make noisless pickups out of standard. If you have coil reversing then using stereo shielded wire will work. In either case you just need to be careful soldering new wires on the pickup eyelets where the coil wire comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Baddass Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Could'nt stand the stock PU's in my MIM . So I changed them for a set of the fender samarium cobalt noiseless . Plenty of balls and no noise.I also replaced all the guts while I was at it.The thing screams now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnnyLarge Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 I've done that exact same modification and it worked a treat. It costs next to nothing neither....... http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=2242861 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 Blasphemy! It's just not the same without a 60 Hz buzz... actually true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitarfetish Posted March 15, 2010 Members Share Posted March 15, 2010 The other way is to simply replace the single wires with some good insulated wire and make noisless pickups out of standard. No that's nonsense. Adding ground plane to a control cavity WILL NOT AFFECT 60 cycle hum that is being reproduced by your pickups- Let me repeat that- It CANNOT affect the amount of 60 cycle noise your pickups "Hear"... Grounding a cavity CAN reduce the amount of RF (Radio Frequency) interference that the loose wires in the cavity are picking up...sure there's a little bit of 60 cycle in that noise as well- but a tiny fraction compared to what the pickups are "hearing". Single coil noise is NOT the result of a poor design or sloppy installation- Nothing's free- filter the noise- and you'll always lose a little bit of something else. Some pickups are very, very good at retaining the musical aspects while removing the nasty unwanted noise. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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