Copper Shielding Guitar Tape - Foil Tape EMI Blocking, Crafts, Electrical Repairs, Conductive Adhesive Copper Shielding Tape for Guitars Grounding

I replaced an aluminum pick guard with a plastic one, but it needed shielding. I applied the copper tape and my jazzmaster is actually quieter now than with the original guard. Amazing product.n

I've used this on less expensive strat style guitars, which often have hum problems. I like this foil because the adhesive is conductive. Also the foil is fairly thick which makes it durable when you're pressing it into place, it won't tear. Also being copper and fairly thick, you can solder a ground wire right down on the surface. There's videos online that show how to use this. It's not that hard and can really quiet down a noisy guitar. In a nutshell, you take off your strings, take off your pick guard and pickups. This tape is applied to the inside of the guitar cavities, and the backside of the pick guard, forming a shielded enclosure for you pickups, pots, switches and internal wiring. Cuts the hum or "buzz" way down. Makes your guitar quiet, so you only hears the sounds that you're playing. Update: I ordered again, this time for an American Standard Strat. It already had conductive paint, but still had a little hum in the 1, 3, 5 switch positions (single pickup selections). I had taken it apart to do some wiring mods, so while I was at it, I used this copper foil to completely line all the inside cavities. I think this newer roll was just a little thinner, I'd guess 10% less thickness than the same item I ordered before. But it was fine, actually a little easier to form into the inside corners, and plenty sturdy enough. Sine the adhesive is conductive, it's no problem if you have little gaps here and there. You can just make little patches as needed. Make sure to ground it and you're good to go. Oh, one thing to watch out for, the output jack might get shorted to ground if it touches the copper foil (yes I shielded that cavity too). Easy fix is to put a piece of black plastic electrical tape around the outside of that contact for the tip of the plug. And yes, it did quiet down almost all of the hum in the 1, 3, 5 switch positions. It also quieted the humbucker positions 2 and 4, so you can still a difference. Then again, when I'm using high gain, I always use the bridge and middle pups. P.s. There's a bunch of sellers for products like this, but in my research this was the best quaility and value. Just my opinion, YMMV.

I thought this product was great. I had plenty enough copper tape to cover the control well of a Stratocaster type guitar, soldered a spot for the ground wire. Enough tape for the inward facing side of the pick guard. Easy to work with, sticks great, Will do the job unless your a minus 2 IQ type.

So I was not sure about this stuff. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos about shielding, etc. and finally decided the best thing to do was try it myself. The roll has enough copper tape to do ABOUT two guitars depending what they are and how you do it. I took apart some of my Teles and Strats and installed the copper tape. Bottom line is that it did cut down the noise on all the single coil guitars to varying degrees. You can see the highest “before” noise on my iPhone db meter and the lowest “after” noise in the photos. All the before and after db readings were within this range. They were taken “hands off” at full guitar volume and at normal playing volume on my “stack” ( a GK 250ML on top of a Dean Markley 80W combo). I will keep using this copper tape whenever I build a single coil guitar and recommend it to others. For the price and ease of installation it’s worth it and cheap insurance against buzz! Shan CEO Snow Guitars

It’s a great product

Works well for eliminating or quieting buzz. The adhesion is good and the product actually sticks well to both raw wood and uneven surfaces. The product is easy to cut and use. Thickness is just right (not too thick not too thin) It’s durable enough to contour around rough and uneven surfaces without tearing. I bought the smaller size roll which literally comes in a prescription bottle with an annoying child proof lid, but this size was more than enough to do two Les Paul style guitars. Value is good … even considering the smaller sized version (Because it works)

Installed in all guitar cavities with ease, Checked for continuity with no issues. Good product. One roll was just enough to completely shield a Fender Vintage Telecaster.

It does the job as advertised. There are many copper tapes on Amazon at a better price but there seems to be alot of variation in how conductive the glues are and how thick the tape is. In a small baby aspirin sized RX bottle you get one inch wide of just enough thick dual conductive tape to shield one Stratocaster and pickguard. I had a Strat that would howl and basically be unusable when I kicked on my favorite compressor pedal. As you know, comps are not noisy by themselves, but are perceived to be so because they raise the noise floor and amplify whatever noise is already there in your signal chain, even if you can’t hear it at low volume. I bought this product and shielded my pickup cavity and pickguard and it is much much quieter. Other tips: 1) The internet will tell you need to solder and that is 100% incorrect. The reason why dual conductive tape with conductivity on the adhesive side is so important is because you need to apply solder joints to each piece of tape otherwise, which is insane. Also, you are told you have to solder a connection between the pickup cavity and the output cavity, or on a non-Strat, basically all the cavities that don’t touch. I ended up completely unshielding my output cavity because… 2) …It caused a short when I plugged in my cable and the jack socket touched the wall of the copper tape. Drove me crazy and made me scared I broke my guitar. Although the internet says you have to do this and the remedy for the jack shorting out is electrical tape, I have also read that shielding the output cavity causes noisiness from your hand touching the jack. Either way, shielding just the pickup cavity and pickguard made my guitar much quieter even though the cavities aren’t connected and creating a true Faraday Cage. 3) It’s pretty hard sizing the pieces correctly since they have to be pushed into the cavities. They don’t actually lay flat. There are pictures on the internet of experienced people with picture-perfect shielded cavities. I found it impossible not to need 2-3 pieces for each area since an edge has to come up over the top to connect to the pickguard. The pickguard is also hard unless you lay the tape flat and cut out the holes with an X-acto knife. I highly suggest getting one and just do your best. No one will see the tape once the pickguard is screwed back on. 4) Make sure you have a connected piece coming up the edge and going over the screw hole closest to the output jack. Then screw into the tape through the hole. This is an important trick for connecting all the shielding together using the screw to conduct. It can be any screw but I think this one is used because it’s closest to the edge.