The empty pickup and switch cavities.
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Another shot of the unshielded pickup and switch cavities.
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The switch cavity with copper shielding.
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Step-2 in applying the copper foil.
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The rhythm pickup cavity.
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Extended the foil on the rhythm cavity.
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All cavities with foil shielding.
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Another view of the shielded cavities.
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Another view of the shielded cavities.
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Testing the fit of an eyelet for ground wire in the neck pickup cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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The control cavity before extending the shielding. [Added 10/24/06]
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Fitting a piece of copper foil tape to one end of the control cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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A close-up view of the end piece of foil tape. [Added 10/24/06]
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I repeated the process for the right side of the control cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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A view of both ends of the control cavity with the extended copper foil tape. [Added 10/24/06]
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Measuring and test fitting the copper foil extension to run form the neck pickup cavity to the edge of the control plate. [Added 10/24/06]
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Trimming the foil to match the pickguard contour. [Added 10/24/06]
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Trimming the copper foil tape. [Added 10/24/06]
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Fitting the foil tape extension in the neck pickup cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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The copper foil tape attached to the pickup cavity and the pickguard. [Added 10/24/06]
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Another view of the neck pickup cavity and pickguard with copper foil tape. [Added 10/24/06]
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All of the cavities and pickguard with the additional copper foil tape in place. [Added 10/24/06]
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The finished pieces of foil tape for the control cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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Soldering the connection point for the copper foil on the left side in the control plate cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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A close-up view of the first solder connection. [Added 10/24/06]
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The finished control cavity. I soldered two connections - one at each end. [Added 10/24/06]
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Attaching the extra ground wire to the bottom of the Tone pot. [Added 10/24/06]
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Soldering the connection point for the copper foil pieces in the neck pickup cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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Another view of the solder connection in the neck pickup cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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A close-up of the solder connection in the neck pickup cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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Placing the ground wire, from the Tone pot, in position so that a solder joint will connect the wire to the two pieces of foil tape. [Added 10/24/06]
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Another view of the ground wire placement in the neck pickup cavity. [Added 10/24/06]
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The ground wire soldered in place. [Added 10/24/06]
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The foil tape on the right side of the control cavity extending under the pickguard. [Added 10/24/06]
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Setting the control plate in place. [Added 10/24/06]
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A close-up of the foil tape under the right side of the control plate and pickguard. [Added 10/24/06]
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A close-up of the foil tape under the left side of the control plate. [Added 10/24/06]
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