Copper strip on Jazz?
A quick question for the assembled...
When (if ever!) and for how long did Fender use a copper strip for earthing in between the bridge and the bridge pickup on Jazzes?
I've got one on my new Custom Shop (62 spec) and I can't seem to recall seeing one on any other. Swapping the pickups out today, there's a copper plate under each of the Bridge and Neck pickups and the strip going back to the bridge.
Anyone know anything about the history of doing this?
If you make a total copper shielding with each parts interconnected and the whole to the ground, you'll be amazed by the silence of the original single coils pickups and the loss of the typical Fender buzzing when not touching the strings.
People buying my basses are always amazed by their silence, but it's really simple to achieve.
