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Göldo EL900 Instructions

Professional shielding kit

CONTENTS:

2 x self-adhesive copper foil 127 x 180 mm

1 x self-adhesive copper foil 30 x 350 mm

1 x self-adhesive copper foil 12 x 500 mm

2-core shielded high-quality cable, 50 cm

Stranded wire, 23 cm

Bare wire, 23 cm

Insulating tape

Instructions

PROFESSIONAL

SHIELDING KIT

for guitar and bass

EL900

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Page 1 EL900 PROFESSIONAL SHIELDING KIT for guitar and bass CONTENTS: 2 x self-adhesive copper foil 127 x 180 mm 1 x self-adhesive copper foil 30 x 350 mm 1 x self-adhesive copper foil 12 x 500 mm 2-core shielded high-quality cable, 50 cm...
Page 2 Göldo Professional Shielding Kit Instruments that are not shielded or insufficiently shielded are sensitive to interference such as magnetic interference from mains transformers or stray fields from fluorescent lamps etc.. To protect an instrument against interference, all signal-carrying components and cables must be surrounded by a shield connected to ground. Important: Any shielding is only effective if there is a connection to ground! Required tools: Soldering iron (approx.
Page 3 Shielding the electronic compartment, cover, pickguard: First remove the knobs (for knobs with screw fastening, loosen the set screw on the side first). Unscrew all nuts and pull potentiometers, switches and jacks out of the holes. Keep the nuts and washers in a safe place or screw them back onto the threads. Before you remove the potentiometer/switch group, it is recommended to desolder the pickup con- nections.
Page 4 In order to avoid damage to the coils during soldering, an insulating tape strip should be applied under the subsequent soldering point before applying the copper foil (included in the kit on the back of the 12 mm wide copper foil). Then cover the winding in one layer with copper foil.