Is this bad? Tape coming off pickup

[omni 1]

I have never had this happen before.

 

[Adieu]

Irrelevant (unless you manage to pickscratch through the windings by accident)

You could always put on more/new tape if it bothers you

 

[Mincer]

Sometimes, especially in humid environments, this happens. It won't hurt anything. If it does bother you, you can buy cloth pickup tape and re-wrap it. Don't use electrical tape, as it gets gummy over time.

 

[omni 1]

Thanks. I found some 3m cloth electrical tape on the Home Depot site. I’ll pick up some tomorrow. I’ll give it a shot.

 

[hamerfan]

Don't use electrical tape, as it gets gummy over time.

Mincer is right. Use only paper tape for coils!

 

[Mincer]

I use cloth tape.

 

[Zheddar]

I have also had that happen in pickguards with the humbucker hole not being wide enough with Trembuckers that have the winds coming closer to the edge of the bobbin. The tape starts to get pulled down as one adjusts the humbucker up. I have sanded the edges of pickguard humbucker routes to keep this from happening.

 

[omni 1]

I think that is exactly what happened. It is a trem bucker. I will rewrap and widen the hole a little.

 

[Artie]

As much as I hate Stew-Mac's shipping charges, I always keep a couple rolls of their pickup tape around. It appears to be the exact tape that Duncan uses.

https://www.stewmac.com/electronics.../pickup-parts-for-strat/pickup-coil-tape.html

 

[Clint 55]

It's very serious and your pickup might blow up soon.

 

[Mincer]

As much as I hate Stew-Mac's shipping charges, I always keep a couple rolls of their pickup tape around. It appears to be the exact tape that Duncan uses.

https://www.stewmac.com/electronics.../pickup-parts-for-strat/pickup-coil-tape.html

I swear they double their income on the shipping charges alone. Shipping a roll of tape is like $8. I only order unless I am getting a lot more stuff.

 

[Artie]

I swear they double their income on the shipping charges alone. Shipping a roll of tape is like $8. I only order unless I am getting a lot more stuff.

Ditto here. And I always try to find it somewhere else first.

 

[omni 1]

It's very serious and your pickup might blow up soon.

I have been playing for over 40 years. I believe you! lmao.

 

[hamerfan]

I use cloth tape.

I do use the coth tape for the outer protection of the whole pickup. It's pretty gummy too. Straight on the coil wire only paper tape. You will love when you need to go into the winding.

 

[Spirit of 76]

Sometimes, especially in humid environments, this happens.

Just curious, since I have always lived in climates where humidity is either low or average....are there a lot of issues with Nickel Covered pickups in either coastal or heavily humid environments?

 

[Aceman]

Honestly - you don’t NEED anything to cover the coils. I mean really, why would you every even touch the coils?

But the wire is delicate, so - it doesn’t hurt.

Cloth tape definitely better, but again, if you used electrical tape and it got gummy...why would you be removing it anyway?

Really no wrong answer here - everything (or nothing) works, just a matter of how much effort you care to put in.

Super-cool version is: Nylon braid flat cord (like backpack straps) or thin nylon strips attach=he’d with a small piece of tape. Covered, but removable.

 

[GuitarStv]

More than a decade ago I used black hockey tape to fix my '59 neck pickup where the tape was unravelling and have had no problems with it since. Seems like a good idea to keep the coils covered - they're pretty delicate.

 

[hamerfan]

You may use whatever tape you find, but you have to peel it off the windings you will love paper tape.

 

[misterwhizzy]

Finally we've found a pickup that doesn't like its magnet instead of the owner not liking it.

 

[omni 1]

You may use whatever tape you find, but you have to peel it off the windings you will love paper tape.

. OK, where can I find it?