covers for singlecoils
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Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: covers for singlecoils
Correct, no tonal difference. If you were switching to something with magnetic properties, maybe, but magnetic plastics are quite rare
Any guitar shop should have them, they cost like 2 bucks each or so.
But Forum Members Lew: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/member.php?u=537
or Blackrose: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/member.php?u=108
will gladly sell you some, thinks me
Otherwise Stew Mac or Allparts
Correct, no tonal difference. If you were switching to something with magnetic properties, maybe, but magnetic plastics are quite rare
Any guitar shop should have them, they cost like 2 bucks each or so.
But Forum Members Lew: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/member.php?u=537
or Blackrose: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/member.php?u=108
will gladly sell you some, thinks me
Otherwise Stew Mac or Allparts
Cory_Dylan
New member
Re: covers for singlecoils
http://www.music123.com/Fender-Stratocaster-Accessory-Kits-i53691.music
those are a little overpriced, but if your going to change the color of your pickup covers you might as well change everything. otherwise it would look funny, imo
http://www.music123.com/Fender-Stratocaster-Accessory-Kits-i53691.music
those are a little overpriced, but if your going to change the color of your pickup covers you might as well change everything. otherwise it would look funny, imo
italic zero
New member
Re: covers for singlecoils
I hope it's ok to ask here, I don't know the answer to your question but... Lew mentioned in another thread that he thought that the chrome cover on tele neck pups killed the tone. Is this really the case? Because I really love that look.
I hope it's ok to ask here, I don't know the answer to your question but... Lew mentioned in another thread that he thought that the chrome cover on tele neck pups killed the tone. Is this really the case? Because I really love that look.
Re: covers for singlecoils
Oh,
sorry guys,
i mean covers like this: http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Guitar&categoryid=18&catalogid=168
is that a cover?? i don´t know.
or this: http://www.fender.com/new_repository/spa/images/0992000000_xl.jpg
please help
Oh,
sorry guys,
i mean covers like this: http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Guitar&categoryid=18&catalogid=168
is that a cover?? i don´t know.
or this: http://www.fender.com/new_repository/spa/images/0992000000_xl.jpg
please help
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: covers for singlecoils
The EMGs are active pickups, fully enclosed in resin. But the plastic outside is in essence also a cover, just without holes.
*EDIT* Just noticed, the link was to the S-3. These are passive, but otherwise what I said stands
I think the Lace´s are the same but passive (no internal preamp), but they could be removable (can´t say for sure, I´ve never seen one "in person").
I´m not sure if there are plastic covers without holes, I can´t recall ever seeing any.
And on the topic of the Tele neck without cover (imo fits perfectly, because there are probably metal covers for strat pickups as well ), I have a feeling Lew will find this thread soon
The EMGs are active pickups, fully enclosed in resin. But the plastic outside is in essence also a cover, just without holes.
*EDIT* Just noticed, the link was to the S-3. These are passive, but otherwise what I said stands
I think the Lace´s are the same but passive (no internal preamp), but they could be removable (can´t say for sure, I´ve never seen one "in person").
I´m not sure if there are plastic covers without holes, I can´t recall ever seeing any.
And on the topic of the Tele neck without cover (imo fits perfectly, because there are probably metal covers for strat pickups as well ), I have a feeling Lew will find this thread soon
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Lewguitar
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Re: covers for singlecoils
Regarding the metal cover on a Tele neck pickup: YES, I do think it ruins the tone. I like the look, but it muffles the tone because it covers up the pole pieces and also because it's often microphonic. That metal cover, IMO, is the reason you see so many 50's and 60's Teles that have been devalued by someone adding a neck humbucking pickup! IMO, an uncovered Tele neck pickup sounds ALOT better and more like the neck pickup on a Strat. I use the Fralin Blues Special neck pickup on my Tele. Lew
Regarding the metal cover on a Tele neck pickup: YES, I do think it ruins the tone. I like the look, but it muffles the tone because it covers up the pole pieces and also because it's often microphonic. That metal cover, IMO, is the reason you see so many 50's and 60's Teles that have been devalued by someone adding a neck humbucking pickup! IMO, an uncovered Tele neck pickup sounds ALOT better and more like the neck pickup on a Strat. I use the Fralin Blues Special neck pickup on my Tele. Lew
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: covers for singlecoils
The wood TYPE should make no difference whatsoever, as wood neither conducts nor shields from magnetic fields.
Cover SIZE and thickness WILL make a difference, though, as that will dictate how much farther from the strings the pickup will have to be. And raising /lowereing a pickup isone of the cheapest ways to tweak the tone
Btw, nice axe :smoker:
edi_87 said:
The wood TYPE should make no difference whatsoever, as wood neither conducts nor shields from magnetic fields.
Cover SIZE and thickness WILL make a difference, though, as that will dictate how much farther from the strings the pickup will have to be. And raising /lowereing a pickup isone of the cheapest ways to tweak the tone
Btw, nice axe :smoker:
edi_87
New member
Re: covers for singlecoils
About covers and wood types: Never tried but heard so...
About axe: $750 with Duncans in stock.. IMO the price is awesome...
Zerberus said:The wood TYPE should make no difference whatsoever, as wood neither conducts nor shields from magnetic fields.
Cover SIZE and thickness WILL make a difference, though, as that will dictate how much farther from the strings the pickup will have to be. And raising /lowereing a pickup isone of the cheapest ways to tweak the tone
Btw, nice axe :smoker:
About covers and wood types: Never tried but heard so...
About axe: $750 with Duncans in stock.. IMO the price is awesome...
Jeff_H
Dean Hardtail Fanologist
Re: covers for singlecoils
Go to the page below, they sell covers with no holes for single coil and humbuckers...at the bottom of the page.
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/covers_strat.htm
Go to the page below, they sell covers with no holes for single coil and humbuckers...at the bottom of the page.
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/covers_strat.htm
Nightburst
New member
Re: covers for singlecoils
I covered my humbuckers with those black plastic no hole covers. Looks real slick! (what the hell is under there?!) The dummy single coil got one too. There is no noticeable (sp?) change of sound because of the covers.
I covered my humbuckers with those black plastic no hole covers. Looks real slick! (what the hell is under there?!
) The dummy single coil got one too. There is no noticeable (sp?) change of sound because of the covers.
