the third eye Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 don't know much about the layer of shielding paint under the pickups does it matter that it gets covered in a layer of paint and sealant when refinishing? will it affect anything? people don't seem to mind that it's covered just as long as it's there undeneath...but why? questionsquestionsquestions i never seem to runout :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_guitars Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 Hi, It doesn't matter there's paint over it. You just make sure the paint doesn't make chemical reaction's you don't won't. The shielding paint is used to make a 'cage of Faraday'. This is to get rid of interference. Like noise from TL-lighting, amateur radio stations and so on. You just have to make sure that on some part the shielding paint has to connect to the earth wire, usually found on the back of the volume pot, or the wire that runs from the bridge. I hope that answers your question. Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_guitars Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 Try this, Connect your guitar with a speaker cable to the amp. You will get interference and noise and hum of all kind. Put the guitar cable in and it's gone. It's the shielding effect of the woven( correct?, to weave) thin cables in the guitar cable. This is the use of shielding paint. Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsl602000 Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 Gerard, I could never find shielding paint in Holland. Do you have a supplier? Coen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third eye Posted June 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 You just have to make sure that on some part the shielding paint has to connect to the earth wire, usually found on the back of the volume pot, or the wire that runs from the bridge. Thanks, did you mean the earth wire i need to connect the shielding to is found on the bridge or volume pot, or, that the connection to the shielding can be found there therefore i don't have to worry that i'm covering the whole pickup cavity with paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 the back of the volume pot is kind of the "grand central station" of all the ground wiring.everything is grounded to it ,then it is grounded to the bridge.or you can use active electronics.they don't reqire a ground to the bridge.(at least emg's don't) some guitars have wires running to all the pickup cavities screwed through the shielding paint into the wood and connected to the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy McFeely Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 howdy, you should che out www.guitarnuts.com. he explains all about shielding. he even gives a tutorial on how to properly shield a guitar. it realy revolutionized how i do things. i really recomend this to anyone who likes to fiddle with their fiddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third eye Posted June 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 i guess this is one of those things where you gotta strip the guitar and see how it's connected first in the next couple of weeks i hope to refinish an RG7620 and maybe a Yamaha RBX765a (bass) cool site speedy, have you read the thing on electrical shock? that's bloody scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_guitars Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 Hoi Coen, Never found a supplier in Holland. I only know there's a kind of tape (made by Bison) which has a aluminium or copper coating on it, but even that is hard to find. It is a little bit like paintable silicon kit. Everybody knows it exist but nobody knows where to get it. When I find something I let you know off course Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_guitars Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 By the way, Westhemann is completely correct. Gerard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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