Semi-covered pickup--functional or looks?

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Guston7

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What I'm talking about here is nickel covers that do not cover the whole top of the pickup, such as Gibson P-94, GFS Dream 90/Surf 90's, etc. Do these offer much in the way of noise rejection, or are they primarily for aesthetics? I imagine they are somewhat similar in function to the foil-wrap that some of my HB's coil windings have. Do these pickups look bad w/o the half-cover?
 
Re: Semi-covered pickup--functional or looks?

im sure there might be a little shielding and it does protect the coil but i think its mostly for looks
 
Re: Semi-covered pickup--functional or looks?

Thanks. Do you know if they typically look nasty underneath? I have a Surf 90 on the way & I'm wanting to ditch the metal and just have it black. I've pulled several full covers off of humbuckers, & there's usually just extra wax to clean up, but I've never pulled the cover off any of these HB-sized single-coils w/partial cover and seen what the bobbin looks like.
 
Re: Semi-covered pickup--functional or looks?

Just try it and see for yourself! What's the worst that could happen? You'd have to solder it back on...
 
Re: Semi-covered pickup--functional or looks?

Take it easy, I'm just trying to plan. I don't have the thing yet, or I would've done it. There's usually someone in this forum that has done just about anything you can think of to a pickup.
 
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