How to shield a bass guitar in 10 easy steps
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ย. 2024
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In this video I am showing you how to shield a bass guitar using copper tape.
The bass is a Justin Meldal-Johnsen Signature Road Worn Fender Mustang Bass.
1. Remove strings
2. Clean / condition fretboard (optional)
3. Remove pickguard, pickups and control plate
4. Clean cavities free of debris
5. Line cavities with copper tape
6. Line underside of pickguard with copper tape
7. Join cavities together using a short wire and solder
8. Attach a short wire from control plate cavity to where the bridge ground is on back of volume pot
9. Re-attach pickups, pickguard and control plate
10. Re-string
No more noise : )
Please note that you should only use copper tape which has a conductive adhesive on the underside.
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Shak.
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Nice video and music under it, thanks
Thanks
Question, do I still need to shield my bass if it still has its original pickup ground plates?
Hi - it depends if you are currently experience any noise/hum issues. If so I would do the shielding, if not you won’t really hear much difference by shielding it.
Ground plates help reduce hum by grounding the pickups, but they don't provide full shielding. Shielding (with copper tape or conductive paint) covers the control cavity, pickup cavities, and back of the pickguard, creating a Faraday cage around the electronics to block external electromagnetic interference (EMI).
So basically if you are getting excessive hum/noise or have noisy single coil pickups you might want to do the shielding.
@@ShaksBassChannel that's detailed! Thank you so much.
No worries
Shielding the bass at places it doesn't need shielding? Better save than sorry :)
Can you show this on a Stingray? haha. I keep getting pickguard static when I slap, and it's driving me crazy.
Unfortunately I don’t own one but the principals should be the same for most basses.
The Stingray is one of the easiest basses to shield, as it is just one big pickup hole and the place you have the control plate, try it yourself! seriously it isn't that hard
Hi, nice video!
Should I skip steps 7 and 8 if im doing this on a pbass?
Thanks. I haven’t done this on a pbass before but I would skip step 7 but not step 8. I think you still need to connect the shielding to ground. Low End Lobster is your man for this type of stuff I reckon.
@@ShaksBassChannel Everything has gone as I expected (fine) but now just when i play any string, bass makes hum. Do you know why is it happening?
Most likely cause is that your bridge ground is not connected to the bridge or the shielding. Check underneath the bridge that there is a solid connection - sometimes the paint finish on the underside of a bridge reduces its conductivity. Is the ground wire coming from your bridge making a solid connection and is this connected to the shielding somewhere?
@@ShaksBassChannel Should I shield under the bridge???
Hi - it’s not necessary - there should already be a short wire underneath the bridge with the other end attached to the back of one of the pots. Once connected to the shielding as per the steps described it should be ok. Hope that helps.
You are putting too much shielding tape. One layer or one strip to cover all of the cavity and under the pick guard that covers the cavity area will suffice! No need to shield under the entire pick guard. The idea is creating an RF barrier in the cavity where the electronics are located. 😂😂😂
I got a bit carried away! Once I started I couldn’t stop 🤣