Con-Tiki! wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:37 am
where did you come up with the shielding recipe? that's new to me.
Did it on a friend's guitar some years ago. We followed a different but similar recipe than the one on the experiment I posted above, but it did noticeably reduce the hum on his Strat. We didn't do a comparison with copper tape shielding (which I assume would work better for noisey guitars, but it's 1/ more expensive, 2/ more time-comsuming to apply, and 3/ way less fun), but I happened to have a Strat-like guitar shielded with aluminium tape (that was all I could find at that time), and the graphite paint did a better job. I never compared it to "proper" shielding paint either.
For this one, I followed the Instructible poster's advice: one part graphite, on part paint (quantity, not weight). Be careful, graphite powder is very volatile, avoid breathing or mixing too hard, or it's going to make a mess... Do not try to crush pencil leads for that reason; powder is cheap and should be available at any place that sells locksmith tools, got mine at a shoe & key repair stall in a supermarket. You can also find very fine copper powder (on eBay, for instance), which will work even better; however, it's particularily toxic, and it's not worth the health risk. Any cheap acrylic paint will do, but I advise you to stay on the greyscale since the graphite will add a dark grey tint to it, it could turn ugly with color.
On this guitar, I'll use humbuckers, that wasn't always the plan, but I still wanted to do it as my previous experiment seemed to have enough impact on the hum. Though, of course, it won't allow me to hear how effective it is. But other people seemed to be very satisfied with it.
hpr_hpr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:58 am
Question, what's with that round hole in the block between the pickup cavities?
Tool mark for the CNC, if I remember correctly.
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