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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: P-Ride on September 30, 2016, 12:50:31 PM

Title: Can this metal pickup ring affect my tone?
Post by: P-Ride on September 30, 2016, 12:50:31 PM

Hey, I just added a metal pickup ring to my Telecaster HH (11-60, tuned CGCFAC).

It's only several mm thick, placed on top of a black plastic ring and (the seller thinks) made of brass.

Any chance it can affect my tone?

I like a bright, raw tone and am interested in replacing this bridge pickup with a BKP Painkiller.

(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb385/alexjholland/Guitars/IMG_7310.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/alexjholland/media/Guitars/IMG_7310.jpg.html)

Thanks

Title: Re: Can this metal pickup ring affect my tone?
Post by: Kiichi on October 03, 2016, 01:46:40 AM

I seriously doubt it could make a noticeable difference.  When in doubt non magnetic and pretty much not in the way of the field so....

For pickups we would need a bit more info, such as style and reference bands perhaps. PK might very well work, but usually BKP presents the horror of choice.

Title: Re: Can this metal pickup ring affect my tone?
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 03, 2016, 03:24:51 AM

I don't think so.  I had the pot metal type gold plated rings on my Explorer and when I changed them out for black plastic I didn't notice any difference, at least with Warpigs

Title: Re: Can this metal pickup ring affect my tone?
Post by: schneidas on October 03, 2016, 12:26:46 PM

Definitely no.
And if ever so slightly so (like 0.0001%), only Eric Johnson could hear it...