Can I ground to shielding tape over shielding paint?

[TFM_Steve]

Good afternoon everyone,

I skimmed through the Shielding FAQ sticky and any shielding posts through the search function and I did not find the answer I was looking for. If I missed it my sincere apologies for a repost. Just point me to in the right direction and I will hopefully figure it out on my own. Also, I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question, but I often find that it's the simple things that are the hardest to grasp for me. OK so here goes.

Recently I shielded my Aerodyne with the shielding paint from stewmac. Did 3 coats and have let it dry all good an nice. I also used the conductive shielding tape found on stewmac site to shield the control cavity cover. Here is my demise.

I am feeling a little apprehensive to use a soldering lug and screwing it into my body. I don't know why, I just don't like the idea of drilling holes into the body of my first bass. Call me a wierdo if you want but what can I say. My question is this:

"Can I just place a small strip of the conductive tape over a section of the cavity that I painted with the shielding paint, then just solder the ground to the tape?" If the screw and solder lug is the best route then I guess I will just suck it up and just do it.

Your words of wisdom are much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

[line6man]

You could do that, but you have to make sure that you use copper tape with a conductive adhesive.

Edit:
Make sure the strip is fairly small to limit any possibility of you creating a capacitance between the two conductive surfaces and the adhesive. I know it's an absurd notion, but it's better to be safe.

 

[TFM_Steve]

Awesome! Thank you so much for the quick response. And yes, the tape has conductive adhesive. Thank you again. A million times over!

 

[testing1two]

I would however be a little hesitant to trust the primary ground to some adhesive tape. It would be a shame to have your ground "lift" because the tape came unstuck...just a thought.

 

[TFM_Steve]

that is true although it is too late at this point. I already did it and it works fine. I don;t gig at all since I just started playing only a few months ago. If my bass was going in and out and all over then yea I would think of a safer, more permanent solution.

Although I did get great results I did develop another problem and I am getting frustrated. I soldered everything the same way it was originally and now I have my amp cranked fully with all knobs at max and am only getting half the volume. Both pick ups are working and are at a good height. Any ideas? If not I am going to say "screw this" and bring it to the shop (which I have been avoiding to save some $)