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Re: Shielding

7/12/2004 12:48 AM
RedHouse	Re: Shielding Solder a wire from the ground that is attached to your jack, to your shielding and DON'T rely on "mechanical" connections like where the pots touch the shielding etc, always solder a wire and make the connection that way. Best practice is to have all grounds come back to one point, then that point be soldered to the jack's ground lug. It's called "star" grounding. It can look a bit ugly as 6 or 7 wires come together at one place but it's the best ground schema.

7/12/2004 12:48 AM

RedHouse

Re: Shielding

Solder a wire from the ground that is attached to your jack, to your shielding and DON'T rely on "mechanical" connections like where the pots touch the shielding etc, always solder a wire and make the connection that way.

Best practice is to have all grounds come back to one point, then that point be soldered to the jack's ground lug. It's called "star" grounding. It can look a bit ugly as 6 or 7 wires come together at one place but it's the best ground schema.

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Mike O I tried that and it did not work. T... -- 7/12/2004 2:21 AM