Quick Discussion on Copper Shielding (specifically on a Jazzmaster)

This is a brief chat about how I like to do copper shielding on a guitar body. Full disclosure, I have only done this twice and by no means claim to be an expert. However, I've done a lot of research on the topic and am sharing what worked best for me and what I learned along the way. This was a clip from my previous Jazzmaster-style guitar build video that cut for time reasons. Anyway, I hope you find this discussion useful. Thanks as always for watching.

[iamdavymarquez]

Very helpful video and straight to the point, explaining what is needed. Thanks for posting it!

[elevedrole]

let's say the grounding cable will be connected to the vibrato instead of the bridge. Wouldn't you need to shield the space beneath the vibrato as well?

[Nathan-xngg]

Super cool channel. Just subscribed. I built a jazzmaster and the pickups sound great but are SO SO noisy. Unbearably. So I shielded my pickguard and cavities in the exact same way and there was zero difference. I checked continuity and everything. How effective is this method? What could I have done wrong?

[davidkastin]

Nice neat job. You didn't put a ground from the vol pot to the body tho like it's recommended.

[HappyChillmore]

I did this but now my lead circuit just doesn’t work :( only rhythm circuit works

[jeffb]

I watched all four of your videos in this series, and I was wondering if you experienced much noise with your pickups? I own a Squire Jazzmaster, I've shielded the entire cavity (first with conductive paint, then with copper foil with conductive adhesive, like you did), and shielded the entire back of the pickguard. I don't have any grounding issues, but do have an issue with my pickups - when in the rhythm position, I don't encounter any noise, and when in the lead position and the pickup selector is in the middle, I don't experience much noise, but when in lead mode, and the pickup selector is set to EITHER the neck pickup or the bridge pickup, I get a lot of noise. I've checked the grounding, and checked the wiring, and am certain they aren't the issue. I think my next course of action is to buy replacement pickups. I was wondering, did you experience any noise issues when set to lead, and the 3-way switch is set to either neck or bridge?

[MJPGuitar]

Would you still need to shield the back of the pick guard if it’s a gold anodized metal one?

[Badhands]

Just put a thin strip between the pickup cavities - it will make contact for continuity- u can solder to it also