pups with nickle/gold covers
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greendy123
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Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
I think you might not be able to get as much brightness and output because the poles can't get as close to the strings.
I think you might not be able to get as much brightness and output because the poles can't get as close to the strings.
sunnysideup
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Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
If you write to Duncan's tech, they'll say no, and I don't see any reason why we should say otherwise
castiron said:
If you write to Duncan's tech, they'll say no, and I don't see any reason why we should say otherwise
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
You won't hear any difference between the gold and nickel covers...You will pay more for the gold though!
You won't hear any difference between the gold and nickel covers...You will pay more for the gold though!
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
No difference between nickle and gold but there is a difference between covered and uncovered...it is a very slight difference but it's there.
No difference between nickle and gold but there is a difference between covered and uncovered...it is a very slight difference but it's there.
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
True, a covered pup will tame some of the high freqs, unless this is adjusted for in the wind of the pup.the guy who invented fire said:
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
See I've never bought into this and I've used humbuckers with and without covers...I think what we think we hear is less dampening of stray frequencies and more noise,but I've yet to actually hear "brighter" with the cover off....Even the folks at Duncan say no difference,but Page,Beck,and other guys used to pull the covers and I Know there was a reason for it? :beerchug:
I prefer covers on all of my Gibson type guitars but not in a strat..
TwilightOdyssey said:
See I've never bought into this and I've used humbuckers with and without covers...I think what we think we hear is less dampening of stray frequencies and more noise,but I've yet to actually hear "brighter" with the cover off....Even the folks at Duncan say no difference,but Page,Beck,and other guys used to pull the covers and I Know there was a reason for it? :beerchug:
I prefer covers on all of my Gibson type guitars but not in a strat..
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
I will say this...I do notice a very slight difference in covered and un covered but I have found that it is a more noticeable difference if the pickup is not wax potted.
I will say this...I do notice a very slight difference in covered and un covered but I have found that it is a more noticeable difference if the pickup is not wax potted.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
I'm not really disputing so much that you guys don't hear the differences in the highs,but I don't....:beerchug:
the guy who invented fire said:
I'm not really disputing so much that you guys don't hear the differences in the highs,but I don't....:beerchug:
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TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
Interesting stuff, SD97. So, I guess the Million Dollar Question is: What difference does a cover make, if at all?
One would think that if you put a sheet of metal between the slug side of a humbucker (since most covered pups have the screws exposed) that the magnetic field would be altered, and hence the response of the pup across certain frequencies.
Interesting stuff, SD97. So, I guess the Million Dollar Question is: What difference does a cover make, if at all?
One would think that if you put a sheet of metal between the slug side of a humbucker (since most covered pups have the screws exposed) that the magnetic field would be altered, and hence the response of the pup across certain frequencies.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
The covers were put on to help with noise,protection and the antenna effects of pickups and lighting and stray noise etc...after that,it was for cosmetic reasons...I Like covers because of the cosmetic reasons and it helps protect the exposed coils from sweat...I've tryed covers and no covers and I swear that anything I've ever thought I heard was physcological....Maybe I'm wrong but it's just me? :laugh2:
I've read somewhere on Duncan's site,that the guys or Seymour himself,stated no differences between cover or no cover,but again I reinforce that alot of the early rockers removed the bridge covers on their LPs.....
TwilightOdyssey said:
The covers were put on to help with noise,protection and the antenna effects of pickups and lighting and stray noise etc...after that,it was for cosmetic reasons...I Like covers because of the cosmetic reasons and it helps protect the exposed coils from sweat...I've tryed covers and no covers and I swear that anything I've ever thought I heard was physcological....Maybe I'm wrong but it's just me? :laugh2:
I've read somewhere on Duncan's site,that the guys or Seymour himself,stated no differences between cover or no cover,but again I reinforce that alot of the early rockers removed the bridge covers on their LPs.....
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TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
Hmmm, that's really interesting. I feel an experiment coming on, but I can't afford 2 sets of BKs just for testing!! lol
Hmmm, that's really interesting. I feel an experiment coming on, but I can't afford 2 sets of BKs just for testing!! lol
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: pups with nickle/gold covers
It's a very hard test and you'd have to use the same guitar,same pickup location and be able to quickly A/B the 2 tones,unless you recorded the tones,but I'd bet the recording would sound the same....I'd be willing to bet that anything you thought you really heard was purely cause you wanted to hear a difference....Maybe these older rockers thought it looked cool to remove the covers? Jimmy Page had covers on all of his LPs except for one though and he said the cover fell off...:laugh2:
TwilightOdyssey said:
It's a very hard test and you'd have to use the same guitar,same pickup location and be able to quickly A/B the 2 tones,unless you recorded the tones,but I'd bet the recording would sound the same....I'd be willing to bet that anything you thought you really heard was purely cause you wanted to hear a difference....Maybe these older rockers thought it looked cool to remove the covers? Jimmy Page had covers on all of his LPs except for one though and he said the cover fell off...:laugh2:
