JMJ Owners - Have you needed to shield your JMJ?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I have three JMJs but I have not shieded any of them with copper tape yet.

 

Has anyone done this on their JMJ? If so have you noticed a noise improvement? I Noticed a definite improvement when I did my Classic Vibe Mustang.

 

I have a gig tomorrow evening and I'm not sure whether I should be spending time in the moring practicing the songs or dismantling the JMJ I'm planning to play to apply some slug tape.

[Lozz196]

I’ve also got three of them and shielded them all, including under the scratchplate, it has made a difference so I’d recommend doing it.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

What on earth do you need three of them for? Are you nuts? Oh wait — as you were!

 

Cheers Lozz, I'll get up early tomorrow to do it to one of the blue ones — The one with the freshest chromes. You'd think Fender would pay more attention to this kind of thing on a £1200+ bass.

[Lozz196]

Agree. From what I’ve read the intentions were to keep it as true to the original as possible but sometimes I think it’s better to deviate a bit.

[ezbass]

Need to? Probably not for live work. Did I? Yes (inveterate tinkerer syndrome/too much time on my hands). Was there a noticeable difference? Yes, again. Definitely less buzz. If being used in a noisy environment, when recording, this might possibly be the difference between using the JMJ or something else.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I've shielded one of the blue ones and whereas yesterday I noticed it was picking up a bit of hum which went up and down in volume as I moved the bass, now it is dead quiet. I was trying to rush the job though and managed to scatter all twelve pickguard and control plate screws across the floor and under the sofa. I managed to find ten so this bass now has two slightly mismatched screws. Oh well.

 

I'll have to do the same (apart from the losing two screws bit) to the other blue JMJ and the black one or they'll never get taken out

[ots]

I had a blue one and never considered shielding even though I've done it on a few others in the past.

[Owen]

8 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I was trying to rush the job though and managed to scatter all twelve pickguard and control plate screws across the floor and under the sofa. 

We have all been there. The struggle is real. 

[Adee]

I recently shielded my JMJ and it made a massive difference, guess it’s not often you don’t have both hands on the strings, but on the odd occasion I did it was noisy as heck but now it’s silent !

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I did the gig last night with the newly shielded JMJ & it behaved immaculately. I still have plenty of the anti-slug tape left on the roll so I will do the shielding on other two JMJs over the next week. I already did the shielding on my competition Orange Classic Vibe mustang, but I don't think I ever did it on the vintage white CIJ — my first mustang, so I'll probably do that one as well.

[martthebass]

I only use mine live, can’t say I’ve experienced it being noisy compared to some Jazzes I’ve used in the past so it’s still unshielded. If I was to use it for recording I’d probably shield it though.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I've just completed shielding (and testing) my black JMJ, so I just have one more blue JMJ and possibly the white CIJ mustang to do.

 

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I like to think if Gustav Klimpt was a bass player he would probably have enjoyed shielding his basses.

[ezbass]

13 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I like to think if Gustav Klimpt was a bass player he would probably have enjoyed shielding his basses.

But he would’ve used gold. All class that Gustav.

[ots]

Did you do the back of the pick guard too?

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I thought about it but came to the conclusion that I don't think it's necessary as the only wires under the pickguard are where I've already shielded.