Bill-Murray Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 On a humbucker with a cover, I thought you could take off the mounting ring, and peek back there, and be able to tell what color the bobbins are?? I just did that, and couldn't tell. I've got a les paul BTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Sorry, you've got to take the cover off. Its soldered on the underside. You will need some solder wick. Melt the solder and this braided wick should soak it up. Once thats done it should come off easily. If you try to take it off without a solder sucker or wick you'll find the solder just runs further down making it harder to get off. My Les paul was basic black and I think that's more common psw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniboy Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 you can unscrew 2 of the 4 brass screws that attaches the baseplate to the bobbin. you may need a torch to see the bobbin colors and no, you do not need to unsolder the cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted January 20, 2005 Report Share Posted January 20, 2005 Um, just unscrew one of the pole pieces from the top. It will at least tell you what color one of the coils is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted January 21, 2005 Report Share Posted January 21, 2005 Well, good suggestions. I thought that, since the only difference the bobbin color would make is if you were going to take the covers off, I'd take the covers off! You could also replace the shielded wire with 4 core to allow coil switching, series parrallel or phasing...if you have the nerve...while you got it off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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