Replacement humbuckers for Fender Chris Shiflett Tele Deluxe

[Cdwillis]

So I went to put my new 500k pots in and the TB16 with the cover on it. The pickup wouldn't fit inside the pickguard with the cover. I debated filing the hole a little, but decided I'd just take the cover off the pickup and see if it would slide in. Well it did, but I've never seen a pickup like this. After I managed to get the cover off there wasn't tape wrapped around coils like humbuckers I've had without covers. It looks like a piece of tape on the top half of both coils, then at the bottom there seems to be copper tape exposed then connected with a soldered jumper wire. What am I looking at here? Is it some kind of grounding? I guess I'm going to have to find some tape to wrap the coils with before I can finish this job. I really don't want this thing exposed to sweat and anything else.

[Mincer]

I am wondering if you couldn't have just filed the pickguard a little bit to get the pickup to fit- I can't imagine it would be any more than a few millimeters at the most.

[Cdwillis]

I probably would have if I could have found a file. All my tools are scattered around at the moment.

[Teleplayer]

IMO you should not have to butcher the original pickguard of the guitar. I'd wrap it with tape. I have the pickup coil wrap tape from Stew Mac.

I'm sorry I didn't think to warn you about the Trembucker issue. I would normally avoid them, or choose another brand that makes humbuckers with F spaced poles in a standard size outline.

[jeremy]

almost all (all?) trembuckers have that copper tape like that around the coils. some trembuckers dont have full black cloth tape wrapped around the copper if they have a cover. if i wasnt going to have a cover, i would cover the copper tape with cloth tape