Is this bad? Tape coming off pickup

[jeremy]

stewmac has great stuff at not great prices and their shipping costs arent cheap either

[Clint 55]

Stewmac is wack.

[EC Strat]

I swear they double their income on the shipping charges alone. Shipping a roll of tape is like $8. I only order unless I am getting a lot more stuff.

Stewmac wants 30-35$ for copper adhesive tape for like 10’ or something. I found a 25’ roll from Wal mart for 10 bucks

[hamerfan]

. OK, where can I find it?

paper tape straight on the copper wire

https://www.stewmac.com/electronics/...coil-tape.html

[chris effect]

Amazon has some good pickup tape "12mm 100ft Insulating Acetate Cloth Adhesive Tape for Laptop Electric Automotive Guitar Repair" 10mm works for most pups. i use the 12mm though because most of pickups have 1.5x ceramic mags

[playas]

Me too

[Mincer]

I bought proper cloth tape from Stew Mac. Even if it's not the cheapest option, it's cheaper than replacing the pickups if I damage the coil pulling tape on/off.

That's what I did. I waiting until I had a bigger order to justify the high shipping prices.

[beaubrummels]

I bought proper cloth tape from Stew Mac. Even if it's not the cheapest option, it's cheaper than replacing the pickups if I damage the coil pulling tape on/off.

[omni 1]

You may use whatever tape you find, but you have to peel it off the windings you will love paper tape.

. OK, where can I find it?

[misterwhizzy]

Finally we've found a pickup that doesn't like its magnet instead of the owner not liking it.

[hamerfan]

You may use whatever tape you find, but you have to peel it off the windings you will love paper tape.

[GuitarStv]

More than a decade ago I used black hockey tape to fix my '59 neck pickup where the tape was unravelling and have had no problems with it since. Seems like a good idea to keep the coils covered - they're pretty delicate.

[Aceman]

Honestly - you don’t NEED anything to cover the coils. I mean really, why would you every even touch the coils?

But the wire is delicate, so - it doesn’t hurt.

Cloth tape definitely better, but again, if you used electrical tape and it got gummy...why would you be removing it anyway?

Really no wrong answer here - everything (or nothing) works, just a matter of how much effort you care to put in.

Super-cool version is: Nylon braid flat cord (like backpack straps) or thin nylon strips attach=he’d with a small piece of tape. Covered, but removable.

[Spirit of 76]

Sometimes, especially in humid environments, this happens.

Just curious, since I have always lived in climates where humidity is either low or average....are there a lot of issues with Nickel Covered pickups in either coastal or heavily humid environments?

[hamerfan]

I use cloth tape.

I do use the coth tape for the outer protection of the whole pickup. It's pretty gummy too. Straight on the coil wire only paper tape. You will love when you need to go into the winding.