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Shielding a Strat

  • 21-11-2013 09:54PM
    #1
    jamieh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I have a strat and the humming is driving me mad. I've tried different amps as I originally thought the problem was with my tube amp.

    I have a noise gate but even with that cranked up high - I can still hear the hum and the noise gate zaps a lot of tone and sustain.

    I'm planning on getting the guitar shielded....reckon that should sort my issue. Has anyone got this done before? If I could get a tough idea of how much it would cost that'd be great


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  • #2
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Cost? If you can use a soldering iron, then less than a tenner. If you can't, get one and practise on some scrap. It's not difficult, and will save you the difference between a tenner and whatever a 'tech' will charge.

    There's no 'tech' in a strat that would justify the term 'tech' being applied to a person doing wiring work on it.

    ;)

    Seriously. Learn to do the maintenance stuff. You'll save a fortune over a lifetime of playing. If you have stock pickups though, you'll never fully eliminate ground hum.


  • #3
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Here. Have a read o' this. Ignore the 'qualified luthier' bit. Qualified luthiers get 'qualified' by messing around with instruments. Mess around with enough instruments and you'll become qualified.

    http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Shielding/i-3789.html


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