Add warmth and sweetness with covers?

[papersoul]

I was doing a little reading on the net last night and a few pickup manufacturers recommend chrome covers to add sweetness and warmth to the tone. This kind of flies in the face of what most think that a cover has little to no impact on tone. I certainly notice a louder, brighter, more raw tone without covers. Just thought I'd pass this on.

Actually the last place I read about this was the Suhr guitars site.

[NathanCahill]

Re: Add warmth and sweetness with covers?

If you adjust the pole pieces flat and raise the pickup height you will get a similar effect. With an uncovered pickup the adjustable poles and the slugs are a similar distance from the string. There may be a slight increase in the high freqs. with out a cover. It all depends on your ears, some won't notice the differance.

[Benjy_26]

Re: Add warmth and sweetness with covers?

You're not really adding anything, you're just taking highs off due to the capacitance of the cover.