Took The Pickup Cover off My Tele Neck Pickup

[ThugLife]

I was taking the pots out of this one Tele of mine last night in anticipation of my new RS Tele kit and I decided to take the neck pickup cover off while I had the pickguard off. I think I like it!! What do you all think

I won't know what it sounds like until I get the RS kit, but if I don't like the tone, I can just put it back on.

 

[guitarman_nebr]

i have done that to a couple white tele's. i like the look and the contrast.

very cool!!

 

[Steve Gambrell]

I put a Strat pup, no cover, in the neck of a Tele, along with a 4-way switch. Looks cool, and sounds wonderful! Shades of Jerry Donahue.

 

[c_mac]

My GFS Fatbody neck pickup doesn't have a cover, I dig it.

 

[redgold]

I did that once and the pickup died on me... I think exposing the coil windings like that can be risky.

Ray

 

[ThugLife]

how do you guys feel about the tone after removing the cover?

 

[5E3]

Looks good :AOK

 

[usc96]

Looks cool. Once you get everything hooked up, let us know how does it sounds?

 

[ThugLife]

thanks. I've got an RS kit on the way so I gotta wait for the tone challenge. I'll try to post a clip when it's all finished!!

 

[mcknigs]

I've got a Bill Lawrence pup in the neck of my Mexican Tele. I don't know how similar it is to the construction of the Fender pup sans cover, but I have several friends with the same neck pup and we all have problems with the high E getting stuck under the top lip of the bobbin. Here's a thread about it on the BL Forum, which describes the problem I had and the solution I finally found.

http://guitarsbyfender.yuku.com/reply/52013/t/Tele-Neck-Pickup-Covers.html#reply-52013

-Scott

 

[ThugLife]

Nice solution, Scott. I'll have to keep that in mind if I like the tone and that happens!!

 

[jamison162]

I did that once and the pickup died on me... I think exposing the coil windings like that can be risky.

Ray

I wonder if you could cloth wrap it like the bridge pickup.

 

[TresGatos]

I like the staggered ones I got from Duncan CS. Open face but covered sides.

 

[Rumble]

Have recently put a cover on my old '80s partscaster (w/1986 Duncan rhythm and Broadcaster), and I can't tell a big diff, the neck is still kinda noisy. I mostly use the bridge p/up anyway though. As far as looks goes, I like them either way. Maybe I'll chop the cover in half for a new look!

 

[ssdeluxe]

I like the staggered ones I got from Duncan CS. Open face but covered sides.

that is aweseome! love it.

 

[jamison162]

I like the staggered ones I got from Duncan CS. Open face but covered sides.

I'm sure this helps but the coil itself is still mostly covered.