Les Paul Studio Project

my humbuckers don't hum either.
Most have some kind of factory shielding paint...but nothing extra special.
Shrug...
P90s on the other hand...different story. But that's what noise gates are for...Thanks Boss NS-2!!!
 
Sp8ctre said:
Can someone tell me why everyone is doing this?

Not one of my guitars have this shielding and not one of my guitars has any grounding or noise issues at all...
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Shielding is to stop the picking up of interference that radiates from external sources. Used to be we only had to worry about interference radiating from lighting & the like, now we have 'phones, computers, WiFi & all other sort of digital animals to wreak havoc on our miniscule guitar signals. Any "unshielded" point between the pickup & the first gain stage of the amp can allow these interferer's to sneak in. Because our guitar's signal is so small, interference at this point results in a high signal to noise ratio. Once the guitar's signal has been amplified by the amps first gain stage, interference is less of a problem as the signal is now much larger in amplitude, so the same "size" interference now results in a lower signal to noise ratio. Cheers
 
You know, I have my iphone nearby and play under old florescent light fixtures.
I never noticed a lot of hum, besides single coil 60hz hum as expected, until recently I started really cranking up my amps and added more drive pedals.
 
ohm......ohm....................ohm....bop bop a reebop..............ohm...............ohm.............................ohm/................
 
A little more progress.

I received all the plastics and the rest of the hardware, except the strap buttons.

Here's a shot of the rear of the cavity covers with copper tape freshly applied.

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And, the new truss rod cover:

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A rear shot showing the switch cover in place. I'll put on the main cavity cover after the pickups are installed.

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Finally, the customary full-frontal of the current status. The pickguard is in place. The remaining parts are shown underneath the guitar. I have both pickup rings, the main control cover, and the tail piece. I put the bridge on the guitar for the picture.

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At this point, I am on the home stretch. The last remaining items to procure are the strap buttons, a strap, and the PICKUPS!

I'll be getting the pickups in a few weeks.

The project is nearing completion. I'm really getting anxious!
 
Coming along real nice. The black pick guard really brings it together. The home stretch.....
 
Bocc69 said:
Coming along real nice. The black pick guard really brings it together. The home stretch.....
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Thanks, Bocc.

I'm getting pretty excited now. But, now I have to come to a decision on pickups.

I have a few weeks until I'm ready to pop for them. By that time, I'll have the buttons and the strap and be all ready to install the pickups, do a setup, and make some NOISE!

The guitar feels really nice and seems like it will be really good player.
 
smitty_p said:
Thanks, Bocc.

I'm getting pretty excited now. But, now I have to come to a decision on pickups.

I have a few weeks until I'm ready to pop for them. By that time, I'll have the buttons and the strap and be all ready to install the pickups, do a setup, and make some NOISE!

The guitar feels really nice and seems like it will be really good player.
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It's funny, there is so much excitement and anticipation for the completion. But for me, after such a rush, it was sad that it was done. I miss the assembly. so it's fun to watch your journey with this project.

Of all the decisions to be made on parts etc, pickup choice is by far the most difficult for me. They are easily changed, but I can't afford to keep swapping them out. and I don't have the reference of experience to make the perfect choice.
 
Bocc69 said:
It's funny, there is so much excitement and anticipation for the completion. But for me, after such a rush, it was sad that it was done. I miss the assembly. so it's fun to watch your journey with this project.

Of all the decisions to be made on parts etc, pickup choice is by far the most difficult for me. They are easily changed, but I can't afford to keep swapping them out. and I don't have the reference of experience to make the perfect choice.
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Ditto
 
Bocc69 said:
Of all the decisions to be made on parts etc, pickup choice is by far the most difficult for me. They are easily changed, but I can't afford to keep swapping them out. and I don't have the reference of experience to make the perfect choice.
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Yeah. Selecting parts for this guitar has been a little unconventional. This guitar is heavily chambered. The image below is a pic I found online showing what the interior of my guitar probably looks like.

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Here's the post where I made this discovery, showing how I used a stud finder to confirm it:

Les Paul Studio Project

Anyway, so in all practical reality, this Les Paul Studio is not a solid-body guitar. It is more accurately described as a closed-top, semi-hollow guitar.

So, in selecting parts, I've approached it more from the standpoint of what I'd do for an ES-335, or similar guitar, rather than a traditional Les Paul.

I've taken a similar approach with this guitar as to what I did for mods for my semi-hollow Washburn HB-30.

In a few weeks we'll see if that was the correct idea!
 
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