Can this metal pickup ring affect my tone?

[P-Ride]

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.



Thanks

[Kiichi]

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.

[Dave Sloven]

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

[schneidas]

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