Pegasus/Sentient 7 - Covered or Uncovered?

[Indulger]

I'm about to pull the trigger on a set of Pegasus/Sentient 7 pickups for my Jackson Dinky, but I'm not sure whether I should order them with the metal covers or not. Here's my situation.. I play in some relatively low tunings, with most of them being drop/open-tuning variations between A# and G#. I'll occasionally venture into to Drop G territory, and sometimes play in some funky tunings where I'll only drop down the low string to F#/F, but that is probably only 1% of the time. Nonetheless, I need the low-string to have decent attack/tight bass response, but need the high-strings to be balanced, and not "shrill" sounding. I incorporate a lot of semi-complex chords into my riffing, so chord definition and note separation is important.

To my knowledge, the uncovered version is going to generally be a bit more "open" sounding, and have a little more top-end bite. For these reasons, I was weighing more towards the uncovered pickups, especially for when I tune down towards G#. However, I'm just concerned that the extra bite may also mean a little less clarity for chords.

I know people will probably say stuff like, "the difference is so subtle that you won't even notice it, especially if you just play metal" and "any loss of bite can just be dialed back in by boosting the treble on your amp." I'm not necessarily disputing these notions, I'm just looking to see if there's some people with first-hand experience with these pickups that can chime in on the matter.

All feedback is welcome and appreciated.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Pegasus/Sentient 7 - Covered or Uncovered?

The cover has an effect similar to higher value pots. If you have 250 kohm pots now you can switch to 500 kohm and use the cover.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Pegasus/Sentient 7 - Covered or Uncovered?

You're kidding right? A covered pup with a 500k pot does not sound like a uncovered pup with a 250k pot. Do you just make this stuff up?

For the OP i dont think you will find anyone here who has used those exact pickups covered and uncovered. Heres a video that was put out by Bare Knuckle Pickups that illustrates what the differences are. They are pretty subtle you can decide for yourself if the differences matter. If i was going to make a suggestion... get covered pups... then if you want you can remove them and go back and forth and try for yourself.

 

[uOpt]

Re: Pegasus/Sentient 7 - Covered or Uncovered?

You're kidding right? A covered pup with a 500k pot does not sound like a uncovered pup with a 250k pot. Do you just make this stuff up?

The effect is somewhat similar.

A cover also has mechanical effects but they are hard to quantify.

 

[Kac]

Re: Pegasus/Sentient 7 - Covered or Uncovered?

Appearance to me is always one of the biggest factors, so gotta explore what looks better in that guitar... I unfortunately do not have any experience with those pickups, but someone may chime in who does. I know they work well in low tunings from the reviews and clips that I've heard, so I think you'll have some great pickups either way.