finger flex Posted August 31, 2003 Report Share Posted August 31, 2003 Hey... I just bought a new dean ml 79 and I am considering buying some chrome pickup covers and mounting rings to give it that extra oomph aesthetically speaking.. but I'm not sure if having a metal cover over the humbuckers will affect the sound adversley or whatever.. just looking for some advice! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 I'm sure somebody from "Back in the Day" will come along with better knowledge then me on this subject but from what I understand there is a very minor difference in the output (not the tone) of a pickup with a metal cover over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 I've just broght some chrome mounting rings! their the dogs bolocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 I've just broght some chrome mounting rings! their the dogs bolocks! Rob: Are they all metal or chromed plastic? I fancy some gold ones for my old aria LP-ish guitar - but it's a 3 humbucker jobby so the middle one would need to be shaped down from a bridge one. Metal on emery on the surface of the body would be bloody hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted September 1, 2003 Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 there the all metal ones from stewmac chrome but you can get them in other colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finger flex Posted September 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2003 do the mounting rings from stewmac have space inside them for the pickups height to be adjusted?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Hey... I just bought a new dean ml 79 and I am considering buying some chrome pickup covers and mounting rings to give it that extra oomph aesthetically speaking.. but I'm not sure if having a metal cover over the humbuckers will affect the sound adversley or whatever.. just looking for some advice! thanks The metal covers do affect the sound a little. Back in the day, as Brian says , Seth Lover was trying to reduce all the hum that he could. The metal covers act as a diamagnetic sheild to filter out unwanted electromagnetic noise (radio, florescent lights...). Many players like Peter Green started taking them off the old humbuckers because the output was hotter without the covers. That's true to some extent. Personally, I've never been able to tell the difference. Humbuckers with and without covers both sound good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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