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silverhawk103 · 25th December 2005

I tried wrapping the guitar in tinfoil (do I sound desperate?) and it had no impact on the hum.

There is a foil I found online that has super low impedence to tempt magnetic fields away from the air, but the stuff costs $18.95 a linear foot and I don't know if I would have to line floor, ceiling and all 4 walls and if a slight gap would let the field through anyway.

I would love to hear from someone who has experience or knowledge of shielding an environment. I could build a booth and shield that, but I need to know that it would even do any good before heading down an expensive road.

There is a thing called a Farraday Cage that I have heard rumors about. I have heard that some have had success building a chicken wire cage that is grounded directly to earth, but it seems that it is only good on RF, and that it won't impact ELF (60 hz). Any experience with the cage?

25th December 2005	#8
silverhawk103 Gear interested Joined: Dec 2005 Location: West Hollywood, CA Posts: 7 Thread Starter	I tried wrapping the guitar in tinfoil (do I sound desperate?) and it had no impact on the hum. There is a foil I found online that has super low impedence to tempt magnetic fields away from the air, but the stuff costs $18.95 a linear foot and I don't know if I would have to line floor, ceiling and all 4 walls and if a slight gap would let the field through anyway. I would love to hear from someone who has experience or knowledge of shielding an environment. I could build a booth and shield that, but I need to know that it would even do any good before heading down an expensive road. There is a thing called a Farraday Cage that I have heard rumors about. I have heard that some have had success building a chicken wire cage that is grounded directly to earth, but it seems that it is only good on RF, and that it won't impact ELF (60 hz). Any experience with the cage?