razzark Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 I'm well on a tight budjet (managed to get some freebees ) and well I need some gold cover pickups but most of them run around $70 a pop. Thats $140 for pickups and I think I should be able to slap that price down. If anyone know where I could get cheaper pickups that would be sweet. One like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 well stew mac sells humbuckers with a gold cover for just under 50 each, i dont know how good they are, but it is my second choice for the one im getting (after a duncan Pearly gates, aobut 80$). they sell one without a cover for 37, so you might want to look into finding cheaper covers, or getting them at a later date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavnerGuitarWorks Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Gold humbuckers on ebay Gold humbucker that usually sells for about $25.00 on ebay Yet another Gold Humbucker on ebay OR.... buy a cheap set of exposed coil humbuckers and put some cheap covers on them.... Gold humbucker covers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razzark Posted June 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 how easy is it to put humbuckers into pickup covers?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavnerGuitarWorks Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 As long as they are the right size covers for the pickup (and most humbuckers are the same size as most covers, with few exceptions) it is simple. You put the cover on the pickup and put a little dab of solder on both sides of the bottom to hold it in place and keep it from vibrating and causing unwanted noice. I usually just solder in the center of the long edge, just a little spot so it can easily be removed later. Look around at the bottoms of some covered humbuckers and you'll see what I'm saying. You can kinda see in this picture I found online where the solder is and how much to use. Oh, yeah! I almost forgot the obvious... make sure the holes in the cover line up correctly with the adjustable pole pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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