Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: CJ on April 24, 2007, 01:49:55 AM

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: CJ on April 24, 2007, 01:49:55 AM

is it easy enough for someone who's never been in their guitar before or used a soldering iron? :cry:

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: Afghan Dave on April 24, 2007, 02:05:12 AM

Simple answer? No. (not if you care about it)

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: CJ on April 24, 2007, 02:13:19 AM

Quote from: Afghan Dave

Simple answer? No. (not if you care about it)

damn. my guitar would look so much better without it, but whatever. i'm assuming a shop would charge a lot for that. i figured while i was already in the guitar to put in a new pickup...

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on April 24, 2007, 02:21:05 AM

Wouldnt charge a lot based on an hourly rate
maybe $10-20 if you just took the pickup into them

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: andymac on April 24, 2007, 08:42:00 PM

If you don't want to use a soldering iron, you can try cutting the solder with a scapel.   It takes a while but you get there eventually.

Andy

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: CJ on April 24, 2007, 09:23:50 PM

Quote from: andymac

If you don't want to use a soldering iron, you can try cutting the solder with a scapel.   It takes a while but you get there eventually.

Andy

well i don't think the soldering would be a problem. i heard you could mess up the wax potting or something. i could get help with the soldering.

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: IntenseJim on July 04, 2008, 03:52:49 PM

Aren't the pup covers sealed with silicon or wax in addition the little blip of solder? I may want to swap pup covers if I can without destroying a pup.

(bump)

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: sgmypod on July 04, 2008, 03:54:42 PM

yeah interested in this one....thinkin of removing one of mine

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: Will on July 04, 2008, 04:04:30 PM

Quote from: sgmypod

yeah interested in this one....thinkin of removing one of mine

With BKP, we can just post them off to Tim and he does it for free I think?
Same with adding covers, but he charges the price of the cover.

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on July 04, 2008, 04:28:37 PM

Jim's resurrecting some old discussions today!

Happy July 4th Jim!

Title: how do i take off a pickup cover?
Post by: IntenseJim on July 04, 2008, 04:29:52 PM

LOL, thanks kindly!   :D