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Bocc69 said:
Robert, what you describe is exactly what my LP was doing. Ground ground ground is all I thought it was. I rewired that sucker three times, only to find it still doing it.

If I touched any metal component on the guitar, it would stop. Very frustrating....had to be the ground. Then, as you did on the squire and sg I believe, I copper shelded it. Problem solved! Dead silent.

I think you said this guitar has shielding paint, but maybe the quality of it isn't as should be, for the changes you made. Seems you're trying everything else.....just maybe it needs the tape. I know you like silence, and my LP is friggen silent, as is your Squire.
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The copper shielding is the key to silence....I fought buzz and hum FOR YEARS until a buddy - Doug Richison of now defunct Damage Inc. in Visalia, California - showed me what a tremendous difference the copper makes!!!!
 
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Bocc69 said:
Robert, what you describe is exactly what my LP was doing. Ground ground ground is all I thought it was. I rewired that sucker three times, only to find it still doing it.

If I touched any metal component on the guitar, it would stop. Very frustrating....had to be the ground. Then, as you did on the squire and sg I believe, I copper shelded it. Problem solved! Dead silent.

I think you said this guitar has shielding paint, but maybe the quality of it isn't as should be, for the changes you made. Seems you're trying everything else.....just maybe it needs the tape. I know you like silence, and my LP is friggen silent, as is your Squire.
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The BEST EVER statement to the effectiveness of shielding.....
 
My lp is almost too silent...It's od, cause I don't have another guitar that just turns so eerily silent when you stop strumming. Really hard to get feedback, which I want sometimes.

You would love my LP for the silence, but you would hate my LP for its neck. It's very thin which I love, but I know you like those fat bastards, like my SG.
 
Bocc69 said:
My lp is almost too silent...It's od, cause I don't have another guitar that just turns so eerily silent when you stop strumming. Really hard to get feedback, which I want sometimes.

You would love my LP for the silence, but you would hate my LP for its neck. It's very thin which I love, but I know you like those fat bastards, like my SG.
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"Eerily silent" is a good description....Almost as if running a noise gate!!!

I'm getting better at dealing with the thin neck on my 1987 Stratocaster. I think the reason the big necks feel so comfortable are my big hands...I can hardly get an XL glove on...
 
Robert Herndon said:
I'm getting better at dealing with the thin neck on my 1987 Stratocaster. I think the reason the big necks feel so comfortable are my big hands...I can hardly get an XL glove on...
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Actually, every neck I have, has a completely different profile, and I like them all. However, my thumb is double jointed and my hand cramps up from certain positions on a fat neck. The thin seems best overall for me, but I'll jam on anything.
 
Bocc69 said:
Actually, every neck I have, has a completely different profile, and I like them all. However, my thumb is double jointed and my hand cramps up from certain positions on a fat neck. The thin seems best overall for me, but I'll jam on anything.
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My Squirecaster is really thin and narrow. I struggle to play an open 'A' even using my pinky.

The Schecter and the Destroyer feel about the same - thicker and wider than the Squirecaster - and both have volutes.

The SG is the widest and thickest of them all. It measures 1" at the 12th fret and .975" at the 1st fret. Its the most comfortable to play for long periods.

When I designed my own necks, I made them 1" all the way out...that feels the best to my hands.

I may eventually put a really thick neck on the Squirecaster....maybe even route it for a Floyd Rose.
 
Bocc69 said:
Robert, what you describe is exactly what my LP was doing. Ground ground ground is all I thought it was. I rewired that sucker three times, only to find it still doing it.

If I touched any metal component on the guitar, it would stop. Very frustrating....had to be the ground. Then, as you did on the squire and sg I believe, I copper shelded it. Problem solved! Dead silent.

I think you said this guitar has shielding paint, but maybe the quality of it isn't as should be, for the changes you made. Seems you're trying everything else.....just maybe it needs the tape. I know you like silence, and my LP is friggen silent, as is your Squire.
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I am still impressed by your shielding testimony....
 
Bocc69 said:
My lp is almost too silent...It's od, cause I don't have another guitar that just turns so eerily silent when you stop strumming. Really hard to get feedback, which I want sometimes.

You would love my LP for the silence, but you would hate my LP for its neck. It's very thin which I love, but I know you like those fat bastards, like my SG.
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You see it like I do Bocc69 Hip Hip Hooray for the slim neck.
 
Session 5 said:
You see it like I do Bocc69 Hip Hip Hooray for the slim neck.
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I got rid of all the slim necks and everything in my rack with a 25.5" scale.... :)

The Les Paul Custom Replica I had built for my Mom for Mother's Day 2017 has the slim taper neck...but I cannot play it comfortably...

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