Guitar Shielding with Copper Tape, How To...

[@Ziemowit-d4u]

Perfect work. The best guitar shielding manual I've seen on YT. Thanks !

[@nanoluciani]

I already know how to do this and I've done it a couple of times before. But your content is SO good I'll watch a drying paint video of yours just because you'll be as detailed as one can be! Cheers, mate 🍻

[@smollande]

Awesome tip on soldering the copper tape!

[@RobMods]

Cheers mate.

[@jonatandencker1344]

Great tips, thankyou! Thorough

[@tristanevans1522]

Another great vid Rob, I’m going to have a crack at this soon for my first build - making a Telecaster

[@RobMods]

Cool. Thanks Tristan. Back in 2001, I made the the black tele that I have featured on the channel a few times. It is a set neck with some Australian timbers, plus Duncan and Armstrong pickups. I still love this guitar. Good luck with your build!

[@jamesmarkham7489]

Great work and advice

[@RobMods]

Thanks mate.

[@Bassman1999]

Excellent, so well presented in the video, plus great instruction. Keep up the fantastic job you do with these videos.👍

[@RobMods]

Thanks mate. I appreciate your kind words.

[@voa.aquino]

Excellent work!

[@RobMods]

Thanks mate!

[@lvl5Longbowman]

I need to do this to a Squier Affinity Pbass I modded with used Fender mexi parts.

[@seanedwards9787]

Nice one! Top class content. I once used wood glue and aluminium foil for shielding, which work alright, but it's a bit of a mission because you have to do it in one piece to keep continuity around the whole cavity. Why did you prefer the copper coloured tape VS the nickel coloured take?

[@RobMods]

The nickel shielding is actually a conductive paint. It works ok, and is pretty easy to apply. But witha side jack you have to find a reliable way to connect it to earth. Plus it really needs sealing since it rubs off so easily. With copper tape, since you can solder to it, you don't even need to solder to pot casings if you don't want to.

[@brodyroper8288]

Quality work Rob. Alright I'll get back to running stock 🚶

[@RobMods]

Cheers Brody!

[@RisingSunGuitarMods]

Great video mate, I've been sheilding guitars for a while and you just taught this old dog a couple new tricks. Thankyou! Super Glue and Circuit Board sealer now a part of my process. +1 Sub.

[@MechanicalChimp]

great vid, thanks Rob - all your stuff is great. In your opinion, is this worth it on a P bass that only hums when not touching the strings? I never notice in a gig/band setting, just at home.

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

That's a very neat job. I feel that copper affects the tone, and prefer to mould a single piece of aluminium foil to the cavity shape, glued down with Pritt Stick, and connected to ground using wire wrapped around a woodscrew. It's not at all neat or professional, but it works, and costs pennies. Shielding is the first job I do with any guitar, before thinking about pickup swaps, etc.

[@RobMods]

Interesting. I've never noticed a difference in tone with shielding as such, however with some pickups, connecting the magnet pole pieces to earth can dull the tone. I believe it has to do with stray capacitance and the orientation (phase) of the coil windings.

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

@@RobMods Thank you. I didn't know the pole pieces could be connected to ground, so I'll have to look on my guitars to see if that's the case. On a separate, but related note: if I take a cable from my amp's "send" output, to a pedal, and another cable back to "return", the amount of hum depends on the physical distance between those cables (further apart = more hum); I suspect that's down to capacitance. Consequently, I've taped two cables together, exclusively for use with the send/return loop, which works well.

[@maxcarter970]

Do you join all the grounds together and solder them to the shielding?

[@RobMods]

Yes. I usually do that for these type of installations. Especially with a side jack.

[@maxcarter970]

Thanks. Appreciate the time and detail you put into these videos