@tv101 @koendb I wouldn’t call it a correction your point of view is just as valid as mine and I think you are better qualified in electronics than me. In factory guitars it’s probably just cost. 70s ...

I was thinking about this only today, is shielding paint necessary/ advised? None of my factory guitars have any shielding, except on the pickguards.None of my partscasters or kit guitars have any s...

I’m not sure of your electrical knowledge. Mine is minimal @rocknroller912 - thanks for the correction/clarification!

@cheesewhisk Yes it’s pretty much standard in quality guitars these days and Mark uses the Stew Mac brand. A while ago there was a discussion on the live stream about finding cheaper alternatives to b...

@cheesewhisk - it really depends on how noisy (in terms of electrical interference) an environment the player is going to be playing in. It's a nice touch, a good sign of "I'm a proper guitar builder"...

I was thinking about this only today, is shielding paint necessary/ advised?

Thanks for the update @rocknroller912. Looks like its Farnell have it too;

Forgot to add that the NSC is available in 5L bulk for trade use so it will be a brush can.

I had forgotten about this project and remembered it at the weekend. Mixing graphite powder sourced from Amazon with a lacquer works well but it does need to be mixed and applied thickly with a few co...

@tv101 I'm hoping to record some quantities as I go along, weight of powder and paint but not sure if my scales are good enough for small sizes. Maplin Electronics was a good source until it closed. I...

Discussed this with my chemist friend yesterday and he suggested using graphite powder in acrylic paint or lacquer If that works @rocknroller912, you’ll find a ready market. All the “proper” stuff is...

I bought some from Cat Music on eBay - seems to work - once applied and burnished it has a metallic sheen - conducts well - it was quite expensive for the volume but as I didn’t need a large quantity ...

. I wonder if anyone else has experimented with making shielding paint. I've got an ancient tin of Galvafroid paint, I painted some on a peice of wood as a test, but it wasn't conductive.

I wonder if anyone else has experimented with making shielding paint. @rocknroller912 I haven’t actually made any or experimented with making any but I have looked into it before. It is all inexpens...

During the summer Mark was shielding control cavities and asked if there is an alternative to the Stew Mac paint from America. Discussed this with my chemist friend yesterday and he suggested using gr...

Lookin’ good @boo! Are you gonna use a headplate?

It’s starting to resemble a neck now. Attachment : 85D61C76-E87E-4607-B575-411C5E239524.jpeg Attachment : 909F6F44-F221-4D60-8155-0C34C56D4F3C.jpeg Attachment : B3B42F50-996C-4208-8...

A bit more marking up before getting it back into another jig for headstock thicknessing. Attachment : 3BF458B2-92C5-4DB8-A06B-9CC0EB8CB251.jpeg Attachment : 187F0507-1993-4FF5-B51A-8FB9E9...

Into a jig for more routing of the headstock. Attachment : 4DDA38EE-95DA-446A-98BC-6B87D9AEE65D.jpeg Attachment : 42B3F405-6D06-4FBB-91B1-31843A43D3AA.jpeg Attachment : F23899C6-959...

A bit of routing on this neck today. Attachment : 76B958E8-10DE-4892-BBD9-B921EEF58682.jpeg Attachment : C74C1391-7865-4332-931C-466BF7A48578.jpeg Attachment : A9EB86DD-7E03-4C44-B6...