Prime2515103
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Hello,
I purchased an SH-15 Alternative 8 pickup (great pickup btw!) with the metal cover on November 30, 2015 and installed it in my Les Paul a few days later. I have had the guitar since September of 2012.
The problem I am having is that there is discoloration on the pickup that doesn't come off. The original '57 Classic is in the neck position, and no such discoloration has occurred (nor did it occur on the original '57 Classic bridge pickup, which I no longer have).
Is this normal for Seymour Duncan pickups or did I get a bad cover? I thought maybe using chrome polish or something is required, but I have never had to polish the '57 Classics.
Below are photos of the pickups. That dark part on the lower-left corner of the bridge pickup is not a shadow, and I included a picture of both pickups to show the condition of the neck pickup as well (I included both because the second pic really looks like a shadow). I hope I did this right...
I purchased an SH-15 Alternative 8 pickup (great pickup btw!) with the metal cover on November 30, 2015 and installed it in my Les Paul a few days later. I have had the guitar since September of 2012.
The problem I am having is that there is discoloration on the pickup that doesn't come off. The original '57 Classic is in the neck position, and no such discoloration has occurred (nor did it occur on the original '57 Classic bridge pickup, which I no longer have).
Is this normal for Seymour Duncan pickups or did I get a bad cover? I thought maybe using chrome polish or something is required, but I have never had to polish the '57 Classics.
Below are photos of the pickups. That dark part on the lower-left corner of the bridge pickup is not a shadow, and I included a picture of both pickups to show the condition of the neck pickup as well (I included both because the second pic really looks like a shadow). I hope I did this right...
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