Hi guys,
Great post - saw the instructions online and tried myself (well, handed them to a more electronically savvy dad!)
After following the instructions, I've plugged in the newly insulated beast, and the hum is much LOUDER than before, and instead of it disappearing when I touch the grounded bridge, it gets louder still! Needless to say, I'm most confused!
From that very limited description, does anyone know what may be wrong?
The only difference I can see from the original instructions is that I've insulated the whole cavity with copper, and instead of wrapping the pickups with copper, I've lined the inside of the plastic pickup shield with copper (I don't know the proper name - it's the bit you can rest you thumb on to play and slide off to see the pickup coil) - this was to avoid the copper touching the other wires and shorting stuff out...
Any help would be much appreciated. Can take pictures of wiring if anyone is kind enough to take an interest...
Thanks in advance,
Alex.