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Originally posted by ErikH View Post
Why not if the wire is isolated from the slug within the bobbin? Are you saying to simply clean the top of the slug and leave it be?Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by ThreeChordWonder View PostEdgeumacate me please.
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^ Scotchbrite pads aren't steel wool. Theyre nylon or something and come in a variety of grades.
You can put painters tape over the pickup covers, or remove the pickup entirely, to protect the covers.
Most pickups are potted, so the risk of "dust" getting inside the coils is minimal at best. Canned compressed air keyboard cleaner or a vacuum cleaner will blow (or suck) the small amount of dust that doesn't get caught up in the pad to begin with.
Just my thoughts. YMMV off course.
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Since Nexion is prompting me, I'll bite. Steel wool is evil because using it creates a contaminant. Steel wool is magnetic, it conducts electricity, it rusts easily, and it breaks down into little pieces that get into everything - including any fabric or your skin. I don't think it should be used around electric guitars at all. Compressed air just spreads it like fine dust - getting into everything. If you must use metal wool - use brass wool. It won't rust at least. Scotchbrite remains the safe abrasive material of choice in my shop, and it's available in a panoply of "grits". It stores forever without rusting on the shelf. Leave steel wool to the cabinet makers, metal workers, or the kitchen sink.aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever
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Originally posted by nexion218 View Post
I think Beau means that creating "metal-dust" around your pickups is not the brightest idea and I think he is right. If you need more details, mention steelwool to Goob. It's gonna be worse than telling GuitarDoc about the input jack of a guitar....Originally Posted by IanBallard
Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.
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Originally posted by IMENATOR View PostBut how about slug coils? I mean, there are videos of people disassembling humbuckers but I have never seen them replacing the slug coils. Is this even doable considering my guitar is wax potted?
And no, rust is not mojo, it is only rust
Second...if your pup is wax potted your slugs are going to be fine.
Third...unless you're WAY older than I am, or expect to live more than a couple hundred years, your coil wires are going to be fine.
Originally Posted by IanBallard
Rule of thumb... the more pot you have, the better your tone.
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Originally posted by jeremy View Postthats specifically about vintage fender style single coils where the wire is wrapped directly around the magnets, the coil on a bucker is isolated from contact with anything but the bobbinWho took my guitar?
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Here's another idea: They don't need to come out the whole way. Push them up from the bottom so that they stick up the same amount that they protruded through the bottom. Then get one of these: (or make one.)
Insert for Open Style Humbucker Pickup Covers Abalonoid plastic material Satin (non-glossy) finish Choose from 1 15/16" (49.2mm), 50mm, 52mm or 53mm pole spacingPole spacing is the center to center distance between the two outside pole screws 2 9/16" (65mm) x 1 3/8" (35mm) .050" (1.3mm) thickness Qty 1Laser cut imitation Abalone patterned plastic insert for open style humbucker covers.Pattern goes all they way through the material.Can be buffed and to a higher gloss with Micromesh sandpaper.The insert is mounted between the front of the pickup and the open pickup cover. Pickup and open pickup cover are not included!.
Place it on top to protect the bobbin. Then use scotchbrite, or whatever people recommend, to polish the top. Then push the bobbins back down even with the top.
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Originally posted by ArtieToo View PostFor what it's worth, I've taken a couple of pups down to complete parade rest a couple times, and IIRC, the slugs pushed out fairly easily, with no damage to anything. YMMV.
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