Re: OT: Electric Guitar - fix for static noise?

[Douglas Baldwin <coyotelk@optonline.net>]

> > And more giggles - you can do the shielding foil thing with aluminum
> > foil and two-sided tape. Very cheap and easy to do. You don't need
> > copper foil - aluminum is actually a better conductor than copper. But
> > there's a mojo vibe about "professional luthiers" installing copper
> > foil, and that red-gold color sure does impress, eh?
> My research says:-
> Compared to *copper*, *aluminium* has worse *conductivity* per unit
> volume, but better *conductivity* per unit weight.
>
> As Al foil tends to be very thin I wonder how effective that would be.
> ( but if it it's worked before, I may well give it a try)

I've used Al foil on quite a few guitars since about 1990 (when I first
heard of using it). No problems.
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