How to Install Humbucker Pickup Covers!

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2 жыл бұрын

Today, let's install pickup covers on my new zebra humbuckers!
Link to products used:
Electric Guitar Pickups Zebra Faced Humbucker Double Coil Pickup 1 Set
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Musiclily 50mm Neck and 52mm Bridge Metal Guitar Humbucker Pickup Covers Set,Chrome
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Пікірлер: 15

@ProjectNarrowboat 10 ай бұрын

I like it - this really explained what you are doing and WHY. Nice clean method too. I think scuff up the metal a little before soldering and use a relatively meaty iron.

@thomasbowlin6787 3 ай бұрын

Great video because you answered all the questions I had about the products to use to install properly. Thank you very much.

@pizzaROX 10 ай бұрын

Ok so I really like your method vs the other videos ive seen! I like that you put the tape in between(in the middle) and Not on top of the slugs because i feel like that should be a no no?. Idk! Anyway thank you so much for the tutorial!

@joetamm Ай бұрын

The masking take will disintegrate with time and the glue will harden like a varnish, I did like John Gundry suggested and applied paste wax to the slug coil, spread it around and then put the dabs of silicone on the area where the paste wax is. This way the cover will come off easily if needed.

@daniroach7286 11 ай бұрын

Great video and very good method,thank you very much sir

@allisonceranti8550 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@JopeyPajatrick Жыл бұрын

Perfect! Just what I needed. Thank you

@BigJakeMusic Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@diegopalominoss Жыл бұрын

this is great, i remember doing this exact method years ago but i never tested with high volume, is it truly necessary to solder the covers?

@BigJakeMusic Жыл бұрын

I’ve found that if you don’t solder the covers it causes some pretty bad buzzing; the solder ensures everything is grounded!

@davidzahnd2891 Жыл бұрын

@@BigJakeMusic one question; I often read that you need to cover the PU's with wax first, is that really true? Some just put on the cover and solder it and done, but others say that you need to put wax on the PU's..

@BigJakeMusic Жыл бұрын

@@davidzahnd2891 Putting the wax on pickups, also known as wax-potting, is a way to prevent/limit feedback and microphonics. If your humbucker squeals easily or if you can hear your own voice when you speak into it, then you may benefit from wax-potting it. The wax acts as a way to prevent anything inside the pickup from moving/vibrating, causing the microphonics/feedback. Most aftermarket pickups from manufacturers like DiMarzio and Seymour Duncan are already wax-potted and don't need it, but most of the cheaper ones do. I did not wax-pot these, but I probably should have. They are slightly microphonic, but definitely far from the worst I've heard.