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Make sure to buy copper tape that has conductive adhesive

You mean live wires and the live lugs of the pots?

Yup, that's what I'll do. Thanks everyone 🙏

Opinions differ about whether, after shielding the pickups and pickup cavities, it is diminishing returns to also shield the control cavity. At 10:10 in this video Dylan of DylanTalksTone says it's counterproductive as "the wires in the control cavity are not an effective antenna and something is gonna end up touching something it shouldn't" resulting in issues. Has anyone here noticed a reduction in noise from shielding the control cavity?

I came across a youtube video in which a guy asserts that since stainless steel is harder than nickel, stainless steel strings will eventually damage nickel frets. Is this true? I understand that some of us have dozens of guitars which they cycle so for them fret wear is going to be extremely slow, but I currently own only 1 bass guitar which I play frequently so I want to know if what this youtuber is saying is a fact. The last thing I want is to have to re-fret the neck. Thanks in advance.

Players refer to that P-bass sound, and how sound engineers in a studio will often try to bring a tone from a different guitar closer to that P-bass sound because supposedly that's what listeners are used to listening to on records. Which isn't hard to believe since they were the first electric basses and to this day (I was told) over half the bass guitars produced/sold worldwide are P-basses. But what people really mean is the sound from a Fender split pickup, right? There's a thousand different types of P-basses, and the only common denominator is a P pickup. Couldn't you simply put a P pickup on any guitar to achieve that P bass sound?

Right, he pretty much says that shielding pickups only makes sense when the pickups are totally encased in grounded metal.

Does it make sense to shield the pickups and pickup cavities with conductive copper foil tape if the pickups are encased in plastic without holes for the magnets? Image attached. Asking because this guy says not to.

The band's beat-up rusty old van is parked right in front of the popular bar in which you're gigging in one hour. You've been excited about this gig for months. You thought you brought all your gear, but after unloading your bass guitar and amp you realize that you left ALL effects pedals at home... and you just so happen to be the effects-loving type of bass player. ARGH, talent scouts are going to be in the audience, this is your one shot, your chance to blow, the opportunity that comes once in a lifetime. You're about to throw up mom's spaghetti when you realize that, much like a desert oasis, there's a massive music store right across the road, it's open, and it stocks all effects pedals known to mankind. Thankfully, the other members of the band give you the go-ahead to spend £300 from the band's kitty. What do you get?

Just looking for a 0.1uf 100v 104J capacitor for my tone pot. Why do polyesters cost 50-100 times as much as polypropylenes? What do they do better?

I've seen many Alpha pots that have Made In Korea written on them.

Which is the logo of the known Alpha brand that makes potentiometers in South Korea? Is the other one a Chinese knock-off?

I'm concerned about existing screw holes being too close to the new ones I'd have to drill. Also, the existing bridge isn't very small, the plate measures 85x57mm.

Thanks Does your bridge look identical to mine? Asking because mine is the 4 string Rebel from before they started calling it "4K".

It's the original bridge. I had swapped the original small screws with larger ones years ago because they wouldn't tighten all the way.