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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: misfits7783 on February 16, 2008, 03:14:47 PM

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: misfits7783 on February 16, 2008, 03:14:47 PM

hey I was just wondering...
I'm not talking about the "tone" of the pickups
but the "looks" I have gold cover set of mules...and I just noticed today
that the covers seem to be more....squarish ...? I don't know they just seem a bit awkward to me. does anyone agree with me ?

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: Twinfan on February 16, 2008, 05:01:41 PM

I think they're "vintage correct"  ;)

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: Ted on February 16, 2008, 06:06:02 PM

you are being too pedantic...

Title: Re: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: Transcend on February 16, 2008, 06:45:38 PM

Quote from: misfits7783

hey I was just wondering...
I'm not talking about the "tone" of the pickups
but the "looks" I have gold cover set of mules...and I just noticed today
that the covers seem to be more....squarish ...? I don't know they just seem a bit awkward to me. does anyone agree with me ?

I know what you mean about them being squarish but i prefer it they look cleaner and higher quality than conventional rounded pickup covers

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: gwEm on February 16, 2008, 06:53:57 PM

that never even crossed my mind :)

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: HTH AMPS on February 16, 2008, 07:24:51 PM

Squarer corners on the covers are vintage correct - there are people who pay stupid amounts of money to buy aftermarket pickup covers to that kind of spec.  BKP offer them as standard.

Title: oh I see
Post by: misfits7783 on February 16, 2008, 07:29:06 PM

oh, I was just curious, but was wondering why they were different from other pickup covers. Since I'm used to the "other" pickup covers. I did not know BKs offer vintage-correct covers. I guess I'm get used to it. Anyway. Mules are the best sounding pickups I have ever heard, love it.

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: Fourth Feline on February 16, 2008, 08:54:16 PM

Thanks for clearing that one up folks, I had always wondered myself !

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: Tim on February 17, 2008, 05:24:21 PM

The covers we make are exact repros of the original cover first offered by Gibson on the PAF pickup. The original tool that Gibson used was eventually polished out in @ '60 I believe and covers got more rounded in the corners(it's also alot easier to make that way too)which is the way most of the far eastern manufacturers make them these days. As HTH rightly pointed out you can pay almost the same price for a set of repro vintage correct covers on the net as you can for a complete covered set of BKPs and even then they won't be as exact as ours.

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: Jazz Rock on February 21, 2008, 11:00:04 PM

I did not know about the vintage correct thing but I noticed the different and somehow I found they were looking neater.

Title: does anyone find BKs.....awkward?
Post by: gamesandy135 on February 22, 2008, 11:06:09 PM

Good little thread.  I noticed this when I first got mine and was curious about this.  Just assumed it was Tims' choice of cover.  I had no idea that they were vintage correct and that they are sought after.