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Re: Insulating pickups

8/31/2002 3:32 AM
SK	Re: Insulating pickups Before I started winding, I had some old Dimarzios(?) which were shielded this way. I contacted them inquiring about which pickup I had, and the fact it had the shielding. Thier reply included a statement to the effect of "we were messing with shielding with tape based upon some experience with (some other field) but it proved to be misguided in it's application to pickups so we discontinued it" Of course it may have really been just too expensive in materials and labor to be worth while too. Personally, I think it's pretty insignificant and not nearly as relevant as using quality leads with a seperate shield which is left floating at the pickup end (i.e. shield is not connected to coil in any way at pickup). That said, I'm using more "vintage style" leads because that's what the people want.... I never shield coils with metal foil.

8/31/2002 3:32 AM

Re: Insulating pickups

Before I started winding, I had some old Dimarzios(?) which were shielded this way. I contacted them inquiring about which pickup I had, and the fact it had the shielding. Thier reply included a statement to the effect of "we were messing with shielding with tape based upon some experience with (some other field) but it proved to be misguided in it's application to pickups so we discontinued it" Of course it may have really been just too expensive in materials and labor to be worth while too.
Personally, I think it's pretty insignificant and not nearly as relevant as using quality leads with a seperate shield which is left floating at the pickup end (i.e. shield is not connected to coil in any way at pickup). That said, I'm using more "vintage style" leads because that's what the people want.... I never shield coils with metal foil.

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Steve A. Shielding pickups -- 9/1/2002 11:06 PM