I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

[357mag]

When I soldered a cover on my Custom the pickup went into the cover all the way, nice and deep and I got an excellent fit. Earlier today I tried to put a cover on the Distortion neck model and the pickup would not sit as deeply as the Custom did. You can clearly see that the Custom went in deeper than the Distortion did.

So I didn't want to solder the pickups in and then discover that the neck was noisy so I decided to remove my covers and just go with the Zebra bare coil look.

Can someone offer an explanation as to why one Duncan pickup sits perfectly in a nickel cover (Duncan of course) where as another Duncan pickup doesn't sit right?

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

Thicker magnet?

 

[ICTGoober]

Re: I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

You said we can see...... so post some pix.

 

[EDX]

Re: I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

distortion (neck and bridge) are taller than many other pickups, this is becuase they have double thick ceramic magnets, that's why if you want a covered distortion is better to buy it covered, as most covers won't fit

are the covers you got seymour duncan covers? or they're from any other brand? duncan covers are also a bit taller than other brands, so they can fit tall pickups like the distortion

 

[Mincer]

Re: I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

You can always contact us to buy a cover that will fit (but I'd also love to see a pic to see how far off the cover is).

 

[357mag]

Re: I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

The covers are Duncan. I'm not gonna take any photos. I'm sick of taking photos and uploading. Besides, it's not necessary. As one guy said that the Distortion models are taller, that explains it. I simply could not get the pickup to sit as deep as it really should. So I went without covers.

 

[AlexR]

Re: I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

Well, if the bobbins are flush to the underside of the cover then its certainly sitting as deep as it should.

But why is this a worry....you'll never see any difference.

 

[SJ318]

Re: I don't get it why this neck pickup doesn't sit in the cover deep enough

Hi,
If it's not fitting flush to the top of the coils, could be some leftover wax in the top of the cover, inside.
I have had a couple like that and just took a hair dryer to it.
HTH,
Steve Buffington