Members billybilly Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hi. I've just been pursuing the net and notice that pickup covers come in a multitude of materials. I know that some are better than others and wonder if you could school me and possibly give me a heads up where to purchase decent ones online. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MatthewTKK Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Probably the major sound difference would be ferrous and nonferrous materials - a steel cover will take off a little of the top end, whereas a (solid) nickel or plastic cover won't. Most other aspects (chrome or gold plating) are about cosmetics and resistance to corrosion. I have a Tele neck pickup with a nickel (edit - nickel silver) cover and I swear it has more top end than the bridge pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted January 3, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Ah, that's why they advertise as nickel. I guess I'll be hunting for nickel steel ones rather than whatever they are selling on ebay from far away places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 3, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 3, 2013 I always get the raw nickel silver ones from these German dudeshttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Bur...item257917cf84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MatthewTKK Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Originally Posted by billybilly Ah, that's why they advertise as nickel. I guess I'll be hunting for nickel steel ones rather than whatever they are selling on ebay from far away places. You'd want nickel silver - nickel steel would be magnetic to some extent and lose the high end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted January 3, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Originally Posted by Ratae Coritanorum I always get the raw nickel silver ones from these German dudeshttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gibson-Bur...item257917cf84 Originally Posted by MatthewTKK You'd want nickel silver - nickel steel would be magnetic to some extent and lose the high end. Thanks guys, just pulled the trigger from BG pups on a couple of pure nickel ones. Went there looking for advice and there they were. Have a good night/morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Quarter Posted January 3, 2013 Members Share Posted January 3, 2013 Any metal cover is going to interact with the magnetic field and will have an effect on tone. Nickle silver is the most transparent of the choices and considerably much better than the more common plated brass found on cheaper pickups. Originally Posted by billybilly ... just pulled the trigger from BG pups on a couple of pure nickel ones. ... Good call, the nickle silver covers Bryan uses are good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members avenued Posted January 4, 2013 Members Share Posted January 4, 2013 Yeah,crazyparts in Hanover,Germany is the one I use.The only place on the planet I could find gold P-90 covers.Silver plated gold.Great quality,IMO "everything you read on the internet you read is true" Abraham Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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