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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 29 Apr 2007 6:45 am |
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| I remember reading a while back about shielding paint for the cavities of guitars. As I recall it was copper based. Anyone- what is it, where is it, and how do I get it? Found a Teisco guitar for slide but it hums like a big dog. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 29 Apr 2007 6:55 am
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Here's a page with some products.
StewMac
Although I have used both the paint and the adhesive-backed copper. I've never tested before & after so I can't tell you how much mileage you will get out of either one, trying to tame pickups that are especially noisy. Especially if they are cheap pickups to begin with and if the wiring is sub-par. Do make sure that you at least have a ground wire in contact with the bridge. |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 29 Apr 2007 8:51 am
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I have used the paint from Stewmac..Very expensive but works good and easy to use.One problem,You have to use it up before it loses it's shielding propertys. I shielded 2 guitars and 1 yr.[approx] later it was no good.YMMV..PJ..
EDIT
 I should have said that the "left over" paint,in the can,was what lost it's shielding ability..PJ
Last edited by Papa Joe Pollick on 29 Apr 2007 12:35 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2007 9:16 am
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| I used it on my last Warmoth guitar and it's whisper-quiet, but like the above I have no way of knowing what's what. I have a feeling it might not retroactively cure a noisy guitar, unless you're planning on a whole rewire with shielded pickup leads, new pots etc, and you know the pickup itself is quiet. Usually, noise is the pickup's fault, I fear. The paint is sort of goopy and it takes 24 hours to dry between coats - I used a sealer coat underneath, so as not to have $$$$$ soaking into raw wood. |
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