Copper tape shielding and capacitance

[jarrod]

Well I appreciate that bro, but I do love my strat. In truth the LP is not really my cup of tea. But I would trade the wife before the strat. The strats worth more then her. Lol....straight to the naughty room

[dingobass]

I sure hope the Minister for War and Finance doesn't read this thread, Jrod....
You could end up sleeping in the man cave amoungst broken bits of Strat

[keloooe]

I'd take a Neb over a Frickter or Grubson anyday

[jarrod]

I sure hope the Minister for War and Finance doesn't read this thread, Jrod....
You could end up sleeping in the man cave amoungst broken bits of Strat

Funny you should say that. There has been many hints about a fold away bed in there

[jarrod]

Any hoos. This has been a great education about sheilding Rabbitz.

[Rabbitz]

I too harbour doubts about the absolute need for shielding, however given the amount of cheap Chinese-made PA gear, the amount of things with little radio transmitters in them today - bluetooth, wi-fi, radio mics, IoT etc, the electromagnetic spectrum is awash with noise.

So for a few bucks and an hours work, I guess it is worth doing. Geez, after all we spend days and days sanding the damn things. At worst it won't make things worse.

[dave.king1]

I did a switch swap on a mate's LP Supreme a couple of months ago and there was no shielding in the cavities.

On the subject of Faraday Cages there is a very impressive one at Garden Island in Sydney, it's the navy war room. The roof, walls & floor of the room and the long winding corridor into it are all welded steel and the only penetration for communications is optic fibre.

I don't know if it's still there or been moved it was around 1991 when we did the comms upgrades there, even if it's still there I guess what I installed is long gone because technology has come a long way since then ( but it's still all just zero's and one's )

[Rabbitz]

I did a switch swap on a mate's LP Supreme a couple of months ago and there was no shielding in the cavities.

On the subject of Faraday Cages there is a very impressive one at Garden Island in Sydney, it's the navy war room. The roof, walls & floor of the room and the long winding corridor into it are all welded steel and the only penetration for communications is optic fibre.

I don't know if it's still there or been moved it was around 1991 when we did the comms upgrades there, even if it's still there I guess what I installed is long gone because technology has come a long way since then ( but it's still all just zero's and one's )

I wouldn't be surprised if it was still there. There is a lot of stuff there, well between Garden Island and Kuttabul.

Besides we are still using 30 year old frigates...

[Alm_63]

You should see the set up at the CSIRO, they have gold foil on the Windows.
I have read about the need of not needing shielding, but isn't that why jumbuck ears were invented?
And dummy coils?
But not to start a war, I've played in some places were hums not a problem and others that sing like a banshee .

[dingobass]

You are right, Alm..
Some venues that have fluro lighting can cause some dramas, saw this (or should I say heard?) happen a lot in Canberra when I was chief Roadie, drinks meister, Bass and Guitar tech for a mates band.
A lot of the older pubs would cause some major dramas, where as the newer ones not so much.
The worst one was an outdoor gig in Civic, that place had so much EMF is was near impossible for the sound guys to get the setups right...