Shielding

[MusicStudent1]

On a Tele, you'll need to run some grounding wire from the main control cavity to the neck pickup rout.

Just beware of guitar signals grounding on the copper tape. It's worth sticking some insulating tape on the bottom and sides of the control cavity to prevent pot and switch lugs touching the bottom/sides. Also the jack cavity is another place where the jack socket signal contact can touch the copper shielding when a jack is inserted.

Simon, thank you for the info. I’ve always wondered the need to connect the shielded neck pickup cavity and the shielded control cavity with a ground wire. Everybody does this nowadays, and no doubt, it’s an accepted practice. But - why?? Why is that necessary?

And to clarify, the insulating tape goes under the potentiometer LUGS only, correct?. It’s pretty obvious that in most pots, the exterior is one big connected metal ground so the pot exterior touching the metal shielding tape is desirable, correct?