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Shielding Kit - Conductive Adhesive Foil
Brand:©atmusic
Product Code:01GS-KAC
weight:180.0g
Product Condition:New
£10.95 inc. tax
Description
Reduce hum, buzz and radio interference in your ELECTRIC GUITAR or BASS
This shielding kit will significantly reduce hum and noise from ANY un-shielded electric guitar, bass, or any other instrument that uses magnetic pickups. Mains hum and buzz from lighting dimmers will be greatly attenuated, letting you hear low-level harmonics and detail that were previously masked by the noise. Even guitars with humbucking pickups have un-shielded wiring, pots and switches, and will benefit from this kit.
This kit is particularly suitable for Fender® style guitars with single coil pickups and a plastic pickguard, but can also be used on Gibson® style guitars without a pickguard, where the foil is used to shield the plastic control cover on the back of the guitar.
This version of the kit includes copper foil with a conductive adhesive, which is useful for some guitars. For the kit with standard foil see the other items in this section.
The outward appearance of the guitar is unchanged. The kit is easy to fit - you will need only a few basic tools like screwdrivers, scissors etc. No special skills are needed, and no soldering is necessary. If you need any help, or have an unusual guitar and aren't sure how to get started, send an email with some pictures and I'll help.
To hear the difference it can make, click the link to a youtube demo below. You'll hear an untreated guitar, a short silence, then the same guitar after fitting the kit. Warning - please start with your speakers at a low level before playing the clip! Details of the test are in the Guitar_Shielding_FAQ with some background information on how shielding works.
Fender® strat - before and after Included in the kit are:
Shielding paint: 30ml of specially formulated conductive graphite paint for pickup and control cavities - special additives reduce the resistance of the painted surface to just 6 ohms/sq, for effective audio frequency screening. Many shielding paints are designed only to combat radio frequency interference (mobile phones etc.) and aren't very effective at audio frequencies.
Copper foil: 30cm x 20cm of self-adhesive copper foil for the pickguard. This is large enough to cover the pickup and control cavities on a Strat - going right to the edge of the pickguard isn't necessary and doesn't improve the shielding performance.
Accessory pack: all the extras you need to do the job, containing:
Extra paint, foil and accessory packs are available separately.
Shielding paint: 30ml of specially formulated conductive graphite paint for pickup and control cavities - special additives reduce the resistance of the painted surface to just 6 ohms/sq, for effective audio frequency screening. Many shielding paints are designed only to combat radio frequency interference (mobile phones etc.) and aren't very effective at audio frequencies.
Copper foil: 30cm x 20cm of self-adhesive copper foil for the pickguard. This is large enough to cover the pickup and control cavities on a Strat - going right to the edge of the pickguard isn't necessary and doesn't improve the shielding performance.
Accessory pack: all the extras you need to do the job, containing:
- fully illustrated step-by-step instructions - four pages with colour photos
- insulation strip for the jackplate cavity - insulates the jack contacts from the conductive paint coating
- paintbrush
- stirrer
- alcohol cleaning wipes
- a terminal block for reconnecting the wiring to the output jack without soldering
- copper foil strip for connecting the pickguard to the shield paint
Extra paint, foil and accessory packs are available separately.
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