Covers?

[ztevie]

I was thinking of getting burnt chrome covers but then decided against it. The guitar the pickups will be going into has gold hardware and has a see-thru amber maple quilt-top. I don't even know if I should go for covers because I feel like (at least with my JB/Jazz set) that they sacrifice power and bite for reduced highs and smoother mids and bass. But, I don't know. Maybe a set of NB's would still have a lot of bite with covers.

Will covers really make such a big difference? I ordered them already so I won't change my mind, but if it's that much difference as you say I will be very disappointed...
It's almost as if it would sound like a completely different pickup?

[Johnny Mac]

Blueing is just heating steel and dipping it in crude oil so you could try that.

[downrodeo]

Will covers really make such a big difference? I ordered them already so I won't change my mind, but if it's that much difference as you say I will be very disappointed...
It's almost as if it would sound like a completely different pickup?

I wouldn't worry about covered BKP's and their sound quality. My bad experience was with Duncans, which I hate, not BKP's which I'm sure to love. So, don't get worried man. Tim gives his covered pups extra winding to compensate for the covers, so the covers only make a very slight difference. VERY SLIGHT is what I hear from the guys, and there haven't been any complaints I don't think about the effect of covers in BKP's.