Shielding the nether regions

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I dont know what has changed in the past 6 months, but i have had this situation like my guitar wasnt grounded. It would buzz if not touching bridge or strings.

I took off the back and everything looked good, but I resoldered it anyway. When that didnt work, i bought a new pot and tried it again. Noise still there.

Recently, I wired in a kill switch and a new output jack and noise was still there. So I bought some copper tape and completely shielded the cavity. Noise gone.

I hope this helps someone, because it was annoying as shit to figure out, and it is curious that i never had this problem before...but anyway, anyone have any idea why i started picking up interference?
 
First guess would be something electrical in your house. Change any appliances or had any work done 6 months ago? Using a different outlet or room to jam in? New piece of gear, pedal order, etc...?

I use a decent amount of gain and have had some noise issues. Going to try some copper tape. Thanks for the reminder!
 
fek said:
First guess would be something electrical in your house. Change any appliances or had any work done 6 months ago? Using a different outlet or room to jam in? New piece of gear, pedal order, etc...?

I use a decent amount of gain and have had some noise issues. Going to try some copper tape. Thanks for the reminder!
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New pedals for sure. But one thing I forgot to mention is that i had a ground loop caused by my gate, so I fixed it by putting in a lehle iso transformer at front of amp. It is wonderful
 
Shielding the nether regions?

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Shielding the cavity of an instrument is a labor of love. If I don't love you or your instrument, it's gonna cost you a lot of money to get me to do it.
 
I put emgs in my dean and it hums. Emg told me it was because of the shedding paint in the cavity. What do I do? Maybe I should just put passives in there?if so, what passives sound like an 81?
 
BeZo said:
Shielding the cavity of an instrument is a labor of love. If I don't love you or your instrument, it's gonna cost you a lot of money to get me to do it.
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I sat down after work and was just going to do a bit of it, but ten minutes later, it was done. Didnt even cut myself
 
Related story. When I lived in Louisville a few years ago I had a Bogner Eclipse that made sharp whistling noises, none of my other amps made that sound. I rolled tubes, tried everything and couldn’t kill it. I shipped it to Bogner and they couldn’t find anything wrong. So I lived with it because I didn’t want to sell it knowing it may be jacked up. Then I moved down the street and it was fine. Had to be some heavy noise where I was at and I’m guessing the point-to-point wiring of the Eclipse was susceptible more than other amps.
 
Smash said:
I dont know what has changed in the past 6 months, but i have had this situation like my guitar wasnt grounded. It would buzz if not touching bridge or strings.

I took off the back and everything looked good, but I resoldered it anyway. When that didnt work, i bought a new pot and tried it again. Noise still there.

Recently, I wired in a kill switch and a new output jack and noise was still there. So I bought some copper tape and completely shielded the cavity. Noise gone.

I hope this helps someone, because it was annoying as shit to figure out, and it is curious that i never had this problem before...but anyway, anyone have any idea why i started picking up interference?
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Check your bridge grounding wire.

Make sure you didn't accidently unsolder/disconnect/break/molest it whilst installing said Kill switch
 
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Floyd Eye said:
Does the shielding paint work usually ? I have a few that are painted. They're quiet, but that don't mean much. I have plenty of unshielded basses and guitars that are quiet.
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Supposedly the paint is better. I ordered paint for the cavity and the tape for the cavity cover since sometimes the paint doesnt adhere to it. However, the tape came first and the paint got delayed a week. But the tape made it completely silent
 
Reverend Bow said:
Check your bridge grounding wire.

Make sure you didn't accidently unsolder/disconnect/break/molest it whilst installing said Kill switch
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I thought the same thing initially. But i soldered it to my other grounds. If it is broke at the bridge, the shielding of the cavity fixed any noise
 
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