TomW Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 Hey all, I’m about to get started on a PU changeout (new Seth Lovers) on my 94 H-150, including the wiring harness. I was just wondering, is it worthwhile shielding the cavities (PU’s, Control, and Jack)? Have any of you tried this, or is it a waste of time? By the way, the cavities are painted, as far as I can see. Have a great day Tom
PunkKitty Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 I've never had to shield a guitar with dual humbuckers. It really doesn't matter on dual humbucker guitars. Strats are another issue. Single coils pick up all kinds of extraneous noise.
goSteelers Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 I would do it, since it is really easy to do and could not hurt. If you paint the inside of the cavity with shielding paint, and put a piece of copper tape on the inside of the plastic cover, it takes very little time. I think it depends a lot on how bad your electromagnetic environment is, whether you notice a difference. I've noticed that those big old fluorescent lights are particularly bad . . . One thing I would do for certain -- make sure you connect a ground wire to the bridge (it's probably already there). Once I tried to do without that -- the idea is to prevent the possibility of getting shocked in the occasional situation where the electrical outlet wiring is incorrect. Even with maximum shielding and two humbuckers, I got hum -- so I reconnected the bridge ground wire -- hum went away.
rockabilly69 Posted May 15, 2020 Posted May 15, 2020 On 5/1/2020 at 3:41 AM, TomW said: Hey all, I’m about to get started on a PU changeout (new Seth Lovers) on my 94 H-150, including the wiring harness. I was just wondering, is it worthwhile shielding the cavities (PU’s, Control, and Jack)? Have any of you tried this, or is it a waste of time? By the way, the cavities are painted, as far as I can see. Have a great day Tom Waste of time. Wire it right with humbuckers, and you should have no problem at all,
KEITHSPANGLE Posted May 19, 2020 Posted May 19, 2020 better to invest in a good quality guitar lead, old guitar leads will pick up far more interference than a humbucker will
Spectrum13 Posted May 19, 2020 Posted May 19, 2020 30 minutes ago, KEITHSPANGLE said: better to invest in a good quality guitar lead, old guitar leads will pick up far more interference than a humbucker will Blimey limey, tell me what is a guitar "lead"? Some of us on the other side of the pond speak a different English.
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