installing a pickup cover
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Erlend_G
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Re: installing a pickup cover
That's like wiping your arse before taking a crap
That's like wiping your arse before taking a crap
ErikH
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Re: installing a pickup cover
You don't HAVE to pot them after putting a cover on. It helps but not totally necessary. The Seth is covered and it's not wax potted. If the pickup coils are already potted, just make sure it's on there tight. Take a look at the pics in the Brobucker sticky thread Scott posted. There's one or two in there of MJ soldering the covers on. You can see how they are clamped down before soldering. Youn can easily get away with putting some double-sided sticky tape inside the cover where the slug coil would meet the cover to help hold it down and fill in that little gap and then clamp and solder it on.
You don't HAVE to pot them after putting a cover on. It helps but not totally necessary. The Seth is covered and it's not wax potted. If the pickup coils are already potted, just make sure it's on there tight. Take a look at the pics in the Brobucker sticky thread Scott posted. There's one or two in there of MJ soldering the covers on. You can see how they are clamped down before soldering. Youn can easily get away with putting some double-sided sticky tape inside the cover where the slug coil would meet the cover to help hold it down and fill in that little gap and then clamp and solder it on.
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Lewguitar
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Re: installing a pickup cover
Wax potting is best...but you can also just put a piece of 1/2" masking tape inside the cover in the area where the non-adjustable slug polepieces will press against. Put it inside the cover...not on the coils.
Then clamp the cover tightly over the bobbins. I use a C clamp or Vice Grips Clamp that has the metal contact points covered in felt so it doesn't scratch the cover.
Solder into place and remove the clamp.
Should work fine.
I've done the masking tape trick to quite a number of pickups and I've never had a problem with squeeling or microphonics.
Lew
Wax potting is best...but you can also just put a piece of 1/2" masking tape inside the cover in the area where the non-adjustable slug polepieces will press against. Put it inside the cover...not on the coils.
Then clamp the cover tightly over the bobbins. I use a C clamp or Vice Grips Clamp that has the metal contact points covered in felt so it doesn't scratch the cover.
Solder into place and remove the clamp.
Should work fine.
I've done the masking tape trick to quite a number of pickups and I've never had a problem with squeeling or microphonics.
Lew
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Lewguitar
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Re: installing a pickup cover
I think the "fear of squeeling" is, like most fears, paranoia. Sure: it happens sometimes...but it's not the huge issue people make it out to be and it's mostly when you're playing really loud with a lot of gain and facing your amp.
I've never had the problem onstage with my back to amp.
Lew
Benjy_26 said:
I think the "fear of squeeling" is, like most fears, paranoia. Sure: it happens sometimes...but it's not the huge issue people make it out to be and it's mostly when you're playing really loud with a lot of gain and facing your amp.
I've never had the problem onstage with my back to amp.
Lew
