So my new noisy single coil...

[ggunn]

Dang..Not gonna lie, that sounds like an awful lot of work. Maybe if it really is a big problem I'll look into it...
Thanks for the input though.

It's really not that hard; aluminum foil will work. Just make sure that you have all the wiring taped up so that it doesn't touch the foil and that you have a connection from ground to the foil. The routing underneath the pickups is the main area to focus on.

 

[TWANGthang]

sorta depends on the wire used..
lots of guitars don't have sheilded wire on the hot leads..
so a little shielding in the control cavity helps out a lot.
but the pickups... wrapped.. easy.
and the pickup route, for sure..
and the control cavity..

on my epi lp I did this. since I had a p90 in the neck position.
and even with the tv on playing in the living room, I have to find a bad
position now, where before I had to move around to find a good position.

tWANG

 

[ggunn]

sorta depends on the wire used..
lots of guitars don't have sheilded wire on the hot leads..

tWANG

True, but the pickup coils are a lot more susceptible to RF noise than are a couple of inches of unshielded wire.

 

[ido1957]

Check out the Boss NS-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDzNsFjEk1E

 

[dgatwood]

I tend to suggest cooper rather than aluminum. It is much more conductive, and thus it makes a much better shield for a given thickness (and the thicker, the better). You can buy thick, self-stick copper tape in the garden section of any decent hardware store as a slug repellant.

 

[ggunn]

I tend to suggest cooper rather than aluminum. It is much more conductive, and thus it makes a much better shield for a given thickness (and the thicker, the better). You can buy thick, self-stick copper tape in the garden section of any decent hardware store as a slug repellant.

True, copper is more conductive, but by fractions of an ohm at these dimensions; I doubt there would be any audible difference. Also, the adhesive on that sticky copper stuff is nonconductive, so any overlapping pieces will not be electrically connected. As to thickness, shielding is often done with very thin coats of conductive paint.

I've used aluminum foil and it has worked fine. YMMV.