Gday all. Is it advised to shield the cavity? How much difference does it make ? Cheers!!!
Gday all. Is it advised to shield the cavity? How much difference does it make ? Cheers!!!
The advantage of shielding is to stop electro magnetic interference.
This is one of the major causes of hums and buzzes coming from your guitar.
I have experienced some really noisy guitars and once I shielded them they went silent...
We will be offering shielding kits very soon.... next couple of days should see them appear on the extras section of the Pit Bull shop.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Thats great. Do you have a rough idea of the price?? Or is it to early. Ill keep an eye on the Extras section. Cheers again
Copper Shielding Tape packs are now available, here:
http://pitbullguitars.com/?product=p...shielding-tape
Only $6.95
Cheers,
Adam
adamboyle(at)pitbullguitars.com
Thats fantastic. When is the best time in the process to do shielding??
After you have painted the guitar and you are getting ready to do the wiring.
Gavmeister
Thanks again to all the folks at Pitbull for there super service. I ordered the " Shielding Tape Kits" on Wednesday, it arrived on Thursday arvo and went into my ST -1 on Friday morning and what a difference it made to the guitar strait away.. It will now be standard in my future builds at low cost and little time to install. Another happy customer. Cheers!!
Hello,
I am quite new to guitar building. I have purchased the LP-1M kit. I was just wondering on what shielding actually is, I saw the wiring video, and before wiring, the but some soldier on the wire before putting it on the pot, is this what shielding is?
thanks guys
Hello,
I am quite new to guitar building. I have purchased the LP-1M kit. I was just wondering on what shielding actually is, I saw the wiring video, and before wiring, the but some soldier on the wire before putting it on the pot, is this what shielding is?
thanks guys
LP Build, shielding is thin copper strips that have a sticky back that you stick to the surrounds of the cavities and to the back of scratchplates. If you read the thread above it eliminates electro magnectic interference, stops the buzz and hum. Also as your pots make contact with the copper eliminates the need for an earth wire to each pot.
Well worth the small investment of $6.95 one kit should be enough to shield a LP kit
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