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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: marantz1300 on November 16, 2009, 03:00:58 PM

Title: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: marantz1300 on November 16, 2009, 03:00:58 PM

I have a 1990 Gibson Les Paul Custom. The pups are Crawlers and sound great.In the 70's Gibson use to emboss the pup covers with the Gibson logo.Dose anyone know where I can buy such covers?Do Bare Knuckles do embossed covers? Heres a pic,just because I like guitar porn.       (http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii98/marantz1300/100_1196.jpg)

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: Prawnik on November 17, 2009, 08:28:09 AM

I would start with Flea-Bay. You can find all kinds of guitar parts there.

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: blue on November 17, 2009, 02:14:30 PM

i'm sure someone has done replicas of them, possibly even Gibson.  i think they were only used from about 1970-'72, so there weren't a huge number on original guitars.  i have seen them for sale on ebay too, seems to depend which way the wind's blowing whether you get a bargain or not.  although anything gibson or especially fender from the '70s is getting pretty expensive.

nice guitar the way it is, i personally don't like the embossed covers and think they would ruin it! :)

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 18, 2009, 11:53:34 AM

It's a nice guitar and I agree with blue on "leave as it is".  Not counting that I doubt that Tim puts a gibson cover on his pickups...

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: marantz1300 on November 18, 2009, 03:13:25 PM

I meant can I buy covers from Tim embossed with the Bare Knuckles  logo.

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: blue on November 18, 2009, 03:18:53 PM

ah! in that case, yes you can, and if you send the pickups back to him, he'll fit the covers and wax pot them for you.

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 18, 2009, 03:20:35 PM

Quote from: marantz1300 on November 18, 2009, 03:13:25 PM

I meant can I buy covers from Tim embossed with the Bare Knuckles  logo.

Oh, now I got it... As blue said: Yes! you can even send the pickups to him and he'll change it, can't remember how much I paid for that, but was cheap

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: marantz1300 on November 18, 2009, 03:28:46 PM

Great.Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: blue on November 18, 2009, 03:37:08 PM

although don't just stick them in the post, make sure you speak to someone at Bareknuckle first so they know they're coming.  i imagine you would have thought of that, but just in case!

and if you get them, make sure you show us ;)

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: gingataff on November 19, 2009, 11:09:15 AM

Quote from: marantz1300 on November 18, 2009, 03:13:25 PM

I meant can I buy covers from Tim embossed with the Bare Knuckles  logo.

Quote from: blue

ah! in that case, yes you can, and if you send the pickups back to him, he'll fit the covers and wax pot them for you.

Embossed? Really?

I know you can get engraved BKP covers but I'm not aware of embossed ones. PDT_037

Title: Re: Embossed pickup covers.
Post by: blue on November 19, 2009, 02:56:22 PM

good point, yes, they are engraved rather than embossed