Quote Originally Posted by DeanCraig View Post
Well its shielding time.

I have added copper shieding tape to the control pannel and neck pickup, both pickup cavities and the bridge pickup. Unfortunately I just ran out of tape so have not done the control cavity yet. The total left over is sitting on the top so well short it seems:

I know I am missing something here though but can I confirm:
  1. Do I run a strip of copper under the pickguard from the neck pickup shielding to the control pannel cavity shielding tape once I have more tape?
  2. One of the wires is meant to come back to the underside of the bridge right?
  3. I assume based on video research that the control cavity also needs to be shielded?
  4. Should I sheild the jack cavity?

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Thanks in advance!
1. You can run copper tape, or run a wire through the pickup lead holes (if they're big enough) and solder to the shielding within the cavities. If you opt for more copper tape, I would run one strip from the neck pickup cavity to the bridge pickup cavity; and then a strip from teh bridge pickup cavity to the control cavity.

2. Yes, typically a wire from the back of a pot where you have your common grounds consolidated, then passed through the small hole drilled through the top into the cavity. It's best to strip a good cm of insulation off the wire, and splay the strands out (like a fan) so they lay as flat as possible under the bridge plate, so it too seats nice and flat.

3. Yes.

4. You can, but they be tricky to avoid shorting against the jack's positive contact if there's not a lot of room.
I personally don't do them and have had good shielding results anyway.

FWIW, you didn't need to put copper tape on the bottom of the bridge plate. It's steel and already conductive with the shielding tape.