Gosh blimey! copper prices today!

Techmonkey · #1 08-24-2006, 01:44 PM

they've gone upppp! my dad went crazy around some slugs, and I suggested copper tape... I remember it being pretty cheap when I was younger. when he told me he got 6 rolls for around £18 I almost choked on my breakfast... but I thought, "they're bound to be pretty big rolls, right?"

when they came, they were pretty damn small... he threw me a couple of rolls for working on my basses/guitars (they're in dire need of shielding) and looking at them, it looks like probably a one roll per instrument job. I have 6 electric instruments at the moment... to shield them all, it costs almost £20! hot damn copper is pricey these days!

Edit: OK, one roll per instrument is an exaggeration... I could probably squeeze two, maximum 3 out of a roll... so it's not too bad. but still, compared to the price of insulation tape, or gaffa tape, or even duct tape, this is pretty pricey!

mike phillips · #2 08-24-2006, 02:46 PM

my wifes mom and dad passed on and their house is up for sale. well during the night some sorry f#*@in a$$holes broke in the house and stole all the copper pipe. yes, all the pipe. as you can imagine it was an older house so there was plenty of it. the sorrow of losing family, now this.

sorry for the language. i try not to use it on this forum bein a young un might see it.

bass-shy · #3 08-24-2006, 05:13 PM

Where I live copper goes for almost $3.00 a pound. That's a lot compared to a few years ago. We also have had copper theives in our neighborhood. Desperate and sad times we are in..........

Diggler · #4 08-24-2006, 05:20 PM

I believe (older) copper pennies are worth more by weight than face value.

Trevorus · #5 08-24-2006, 05:25 PM

147 grains of copper would prevent copper theft...

Nick Ioannucci · #6 08-24-2006, 05:28 PM

yeah a roll of 2" copper shielding tape from 3M runs almost 100$, thank god i was able to get mine for nothing.

mike phillips · #7 08-24-2006, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trevorus

147 grains of copper would prevent copper theft...

i love your way of thinkin.

tplyons · #8 08-24-2006, 06:29 PM

I work in a hardware store.

A 25' box of 14/3 electrical wire used to be $9.99.

Now it's $21.99. And I had to reprice every box by hand.

And the copper pipe.

daofktr · #9 08-26-2006, 10:35 AM

ooooohhh, the stories i could tell...

i just got canned from a recycle shop, (ohsheesh, i just saw what i wrote...) and you don't know the tip of this iceberg when it comes to thievery...i was the wire/cable stripper guy.

i_got_a_mohawk · #10 08-26-2006, 10:45 AM

My copper tape cost £3.50 i think off ebay, its quite wide and was enough to fully do my modified bass job and my SG, it had a conductive adhesive which was nice aswell, but, £3.50 to silence two noisy instruments for good, not really that much, for the purpose at hand anyways

lemur821 · #11 08-26-2006, 02:49 PM

I'll just shield with foil, thank you very much.