Members stratrulz Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Just curious if anyone knows how to remove the Semour Duncan sticker on his pickup covers? I got an SSL-5 on the bridge and I think it looks stupid. Want to get rid of it asap, but I don't want to mess the cover up. Any thoughts, advice, suggestions? Goof Off perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 It's not a decal is it? I thought that it was screened on. If it's screened, the difficulty is finding a solvent for the ink that won't discolor the bobbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DTrane Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 cant you change the cover? I bought some chrome covers for mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mesa/Kramer Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I don't know why they put it on so big. They charge you $5 extra to order them with out the giant logo........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I don't remember the website or name of the product but maybe somebody here will. There is an online company that sells decals that fit over the poll pieces. You can get all different colors and they are only a few bucks. Anybody remember these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalrulez Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Magik marker?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Just curious if anyone knows how to remove the Semour Duncan sticker on his pickup covers? I got an SSL-5 on the bridge and I think it looks stupid. Want to get rid of it asap, but I don't want to mess the cover up. Any thoughts, advice, suggestions? Goof Off perhaps? Goof off attacks plastic and will slightly melt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EL84nr Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I don't remember the website or name of the product but maybe somebody here will. There is an online company that sells decals that fit over the poll pieces. You can get all different colors and they are only a few bucks. Anybody remember these? I purchased some of these to turn my double black humbucker into a zebra. Looked pretty convincing until I nicked the edge of the pickup when strumming my guitar and the decal started peeling up. I believe they are mostly sold to cover the bobbin covers of humbuckers, not single coils. I've pulled the covers off of single coil SD pickups before and replaced them with other ones I had. Spare covers are usually pretty cheap down at your local GC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tweedledee Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Someone over on The Gear Page said he uses a little baking soda and his fingernail to remove the "Seymour Duncan" decal and has done it several times without ruining the plastic or anything else. I've never tried it, but I can see how the slight abrasiveness of baking powder could work. I would just be really careful with amount you use because you don't want white powder stuck everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members linusâ„¢ Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 i've see tutorials on removing screened on cell phone carrier logos w/ a sugar cube.. i don't think it could be much different. i think i'd take a scotch bright pad to it and buff the whole bobbin until it was gone and the surface looked uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 OP: The "Seymour Duncan" lettering on pup covers is screened on. Not a decal. I purchased some of these to turn my double black humbucker into a zebra. Looked pretty convincing until I nicked the edge of the pickup when strumming my guitar and the decal started peeling up. I believe they are mostly sold to cover the bobbin covers of humbuckers, not single coils. No, they are sold to cover any bobbin cover, whether single coil or humbucker (they are available in F-spaced). Assuming you used the same product I have, they are called Bobbin Toppers: http://www.universaljems.com/cart/bobbin.htm I have had no problem with mine. Used them to make the blacktops on my Les Paul into zebra-- but unlike the OP I specifically left the "Seymour Duncan" visible, because after all tone is the brand name logo. Anyhow, for the before and after makeover shots! Here's Cassie before: And here she is after: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arr0wHead Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Aren't the bobbins on zebra pickups usually reversed between the front and back pickups? Looks weird, seeing both of your go the same way. I have one guitar where I purposely have them going the same way because the routing was cramped and I had to flip the PUP around to avoid getting caught on the wire running underneath. (yeah, lefties suck when it comes to wiring too, not just guitars). Right way: (Not my guitars) WRONG way: (That's my guitar I was taking about - neck pickup was stuck on the lead so I flipped it around.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Aren't the bobbins on zebra pickups usually reversed between the front and back pickups? Looks weird, seeing both of your go the same way. Right way: (Not my guitars) WRONG way: (That's my guitar I was taking about - neck pickup was stuck on the lead so I flipped it around.) The notion that there could be a "right" way and a "wrong" way for the colors of the bobbins on a pickup to be arranged seems ridiculous to me. Most are opposite, some are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armitage Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 There's no right or wrong way for original zebra pickups... as they were not meant to be seen... they were covered... they came both ways. But most manufacturers have the cream bobbin with the screws and they generally go to the outsides. Some manufacturers do it the other way around, and most let you order it either way. The Seymour Duncan logo comes off with a little Fitz and a bit of rubbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Aren't the bobbins on zebra pickups usually reversed between the front and back pickups? Looks weird, seeing both of your go the same way. Right way: In the PAF late '50's and PAT early '60's, Gibson used whatever bobbins they had on hand, they didn't care because they were always covered, it probably didn't even occur to them that people would want the cover off. But they did use a LOT more cream stud bobbins than they did cream adjustable bobbins, which is why the cream stud bobbin version is considered "Zebra" and the cream adjustable version is considered "Reverse Zebra" by a large majority of PU manufacturers. Though these days, Reverse Zebra is generally the more popular aesthetic by many guitar manufacturers. So, on any given burst you randomly get a mix of... Zebra...(cream stud, black adjustable) Reverse Zebra (black stud, cream adjustable) Double Black Double Cream And since they were covered they didn't care, and couldn't even see, what went in what position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 There's no right or wrong way for original zebra pickups... as they were not meant to be seen... they were covered... they came both ways. But most manufacturers have the cream bobbin with the screws and they generally go to the outsides. Some manufacturers do it the other way around, and most let you order it either way.The Seymour Duncan logo comes off with a little Fitz and a bit of rubbing. I think more guitars (PRS, Hamer especially) come with the cream on the outside coil, but most PU makers still refer to that as "Reverse Zebra." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Someone over on The Gear Page said he uses a little baking soda and his fingernail to remove the "Seymour Duncan" decal and has done it several times without ruining the plastic or anything else. I've never tried it, but I can see how the slight abrasiveness of baking powder could work. I would just be really careful with amount you use because you don't want white powder stuck everywhere. That would be a good route. Baking soda or even salt can be just the right mild abrasive. If the finger nail isn';t enough to push it around, using a damp cloth with either helps keep it moving but keeps it from being so solid it digs in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arr0wHead Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 The notion that there could be a "right" way and a "wrong" way for the colors of the bobbins on a pickup to be arranged seems ridiculous to me. Most are opposite, some are not. It may seem ridiculous to you, but as the others just pointed out, it's the way most manufacturers sell them today - opposite colors between neck and bridge. Now everyone is right, the entire original REASON for the bobbins being multicolored was because they weren't meant to be seen, so it's understandable for something like that '59 to have same sided bobbins, but since we were talking about removing a Seymour Duncan logo I was posting in regards to that. And not just Duncan, most manufacturers from Carvin to GFS alternate the bobbins this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arr0wHead Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Most people don't notice this alternating of the bobbins, by the way, because we install pickups based on the end the wire is coming out of, no one usually flips over the guitar and looks at the poles to orient a pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marc G Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 cant you change the cover? I bought some chrome covers for mine that's what I was thinking...shouldn't a standard single coil cover fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DTrane Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I hate the seymour duncan label too. Ghey ass name. I only keep it on in case I sell the pickup. The logo on the Firebird pickup is the worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fu2jobu Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I have used a heat gun to remove labels on poly film & printed cardboard. Heating them up makes the adhesive liquid again and if done carefully does a very good job. Any residue left behind should be able to be removed with household cleaner and some elbow grease. Be careful not to burn your finish (ie. take the cover off the guitar before heating up the label). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I have used a heat gun to remove labels on poly film & printed cardboard. Heating them up makes the adhesive liquid again and if done carefully does a very good job. Any residue left behind should be able to be removed with household cleaner and some elbow grease. Be careful not to burn your finish (ie. take the cover off the guitar before heating up the label). Unless someone here knows better, it's NOT a label. They logo is screen printed on, it's ink or paint. And a heat gun is risking damaging the coil tape or winding insulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bubbluz Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 yeah..keep a heat gun away from pick-ups,that's just asking for it . I think it's printed on there as well , just get a new cover and keep the SD one in case you sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fu2jobu Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 Mmmkkk. Well yeah if it's not a sticker then obviously my advise does not apply. I also said remove the pickup cover from the guitar not the whole pickup. Edit: though I can see how there might be some confusion if they are coverless pickups. I'm assuming a normal metal pickup cover that completely covers the full pickup not the cover of the actual pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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