Wax Potting for new Covers ?

[Kamanda~SD]

Hello all!

I have a Trembucker cover (chrome) coming to cover up my cracked bobbin TB-4 I made a thread about.

Question:

I have heard two trains of thought on this. One is I need to re-pot the pickup, another is I can just add some wax to the top and hair dryer the cover to create a layer of wax between the two. Since the coils are already potted, option 2 makes sense to me, however, I need some opinions.

What should I be doing to make sure this baby doesn't squeal (in the bad way)? Also, because I like the look of black, I was planning on plasti-dipping the cover to suit my aesthetic as it's reversible. would doing the underside of the cover help with this as well?

Thanks in advance!

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Wax Potting for new Covers ?

Is your worry related to the cracked bobbin itself or are you just wondering overall how you can make sure it wont squeal?

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: Wax Potting for new Covers ?

Making sure it wont squeal. The cracked bobbin issue will be taken care of by the cover.

Well I'm assuming haha

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: Wax Potting for new Covers ?

bump! cover should be arriving in the next couple days

 

[Davii]

Re: Wax Potting for new Covers ?

When I do mine, I just put a bit of molten wax in the cover, lift it up, and push the pickup in. I've not had to consider any issue with bobbins mind you.

EDIT: I also put some electrical tape over the top of the slugs. Can't rememeber what that's for, it's habit now.

 

[LtKojak]

Re: Wax Potting for new Covers ?

If correctly installed, covers won't squeal. Period.

HTH,

 

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: Wax Potting for new Covers ?

Ok thanks! I'm going to plasti-dip the inside of the cover too so that should be sufficient. If not I rip it out and try wax I suppose!