shielding

Hello, I recently bought myself a cheap sevenstring and wanted to change the pickups. Now because in the past I struggled with soldering (my soldering iron is reaally bad) and the electronics in the guitar aren't great either i decided to buy active EMG solderless pickups and switch everything...

I'm running a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 into a pair of Rokit 5's. Up until this point I've just been running what appear to be old instrument cables into them. What should I get for low excess noise?

Okay so I've got this OLD Ibanez GIO 7-string and it needs a lot of work. Like, $300 to $400 worth of work. I'm starting with the pick ups and wiring at the moment. I need to know a few things and the one topic I found that explained a few things, didn't really help beyond helping me understand...

Hey all, So I just began reshielding my Ibanez RGA121. I'm at an impasse where I'm debating whether or not to shield the pickup routes. I've done this on other guitars, but not sure whether or not it was absolutely necessary. The other factor in this decision is that the neck pickup route is...

Hey all, So I'm rewiring my RGA121 and there are some things I want to know. I want to get more of the exact same wires used as jumpers and for the hots/grounds in the original circuit. From what I can tell it's UL style 1007 AWM wiring, but I can only find it in bulk sizes and from...

Anyone know how to shield a strat with copper tape? I'm under the impression that I only need to sheild the control assembly on the pickguard, and the hole where the control assembly goes. But, I've read something that talks about wiring and soldering, so I'm a bit nervous. Any help would be...