Originally Posted by
Julie Moriarty
I've been absorbing everything I can about making a Strat. One luthier, Ron Kirn, had a great thread on another forum showing a step-by-step. When he got to the electronics, he first lined the insides of the cavities with copper shielding and then laid beads of solder to bond the sides with the bottoms. So when I opened the Tele up, I was expecting to see shielding in the cavity. Nope! Just more of that plastic stuff. But I'll shield the new body for the Tele.
I found self adhesive faced 2" wide metal foil (its in a roll) that I use for shielding pick-up cavities and the back of the pick guard as appropriate for the guitar type. It is effective and much easier than cutting copper sheet. It is very effective. Given the advances in electronics, I find that shielding seem less and less needed. Some clubs still have a lot of "noise" and Ham or other radio towers can be problematic.
Shawn
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