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Using the aluminum tape that HVAC guys use on ducts (not duct tape!), I shielded a couple of strats. The tape covers the back of the pickguards and the insides of the body cavities. I made sure that the tape came up onto the front of the body so it contacts the tape on the pickguard.

Anyway, now I hear ticking through at least a couple of my amps with these guitars. My tele, which has not had the shielding treatment, doesn't cause the ticking.

Has anyone else here experienced this? Is there a solution, short of tearing out the shielding?

hmmm ... what kind of ticking? ... like a regular 1 pulse per second ticking like a clock? or something else ? ... is it at high gain? or all the time? .... i am not sure aluminum tape is your best choice as a conductor/shield - copper would work better ... and are you sure you grounded the foil/tape to the output jack 'ground' properly?

my first thought was that it is picking up the quartz movement from your watch ... don't laugh, i've heard of stranger things

t4d

Good grief, it was my watch. I would have never dreamed...



happy to help

cheers
t4d

Thats messed.


Originally Posted by DrewBGood grief, it was my watch. I would have never dreamed...
Gotta love pickup wiring... this kind of thing happens all the time...

Does anyone know how to shield a Citizen quartz?DrewB
You could look at this as a WAS opportunity...someone out there must offer a boutique model, fully shielded and tweaked, using only .00001 tollerance parts, for say $3000

Ah, another person that wears their watch on their right hand. Just look at it this way, it makes a great metronome at 60bpm.

I've even heard it occasionally with my watch on my left wrist -- and my guitars have shielding paint at least. Like most noise with SCs, it's all a matter of location, location, location.


Originally Posted by PFDarksideAh, another person that wears their watch on their right hand.

Nope, left wrist. That's why I initially poo-pooed the idea that that's what it could be. I can even hear it faintly with my left hand down by the tuners!

real musicians don't care what time it is
yeah, I had this problem when I quot;triedquot; installing shielding also. I sucked at it

I just ripped it all out.


Originally Posted by tone4daysreal musicians don't care what time it is

Real musicians have day gigs and want to know how long 'til quittin' time!
Originally Posted by tone4daysreal musicians don't care what time it is
Let the truth be heard.
Coming from a REAL musician , it isn't so much that I don't care what time it is, I've just given up on trying to keep track of it. I am possibly the most disorganized person on the face of this earth. Yes, worse than G.W. (I'm Texan, we're allowed to make fun of him) Every night, I tell myself, I am going to bed at 1am, regardless of what I'm doing. Pshh!
Next thing you know, it's 6am, and the morning news is on. I hate it, but I can't help it. Our band is most creative during the hours of 12am to 4am. What am I to do? Actually, I blame this on COLLEGE. I was fine in high school. Got up at 7:30, went to bed around 12. Yeah, school wasn't great, but at least my bed time was decent. Yeah, I know, I'm 22 and already *****in' about bed time. I got over the whole party scene years ago. Playing guitar was just more enjoyable then getting wasted and waking up with a hang over.
I wouldn't put the guitar down if Penelope Cruz was naked right before me. I would just keep playin' and makin'....Love that is....


Originally Posted by PFDarksideAh, another person that wears their watch on their right hand. Just look at it this way, it makes a great metronome at 60bpm.

it does actually help with timing

you're ****ing kidding me

that's amazing

slade