Pickup Covers

[schecky]

I currently own an SE Santana with open coil Zebra pickups. I was wondering if it's possible to buy covers for them and have the installed, or would I have to buy new rings? Or if it is just not worth it and I could buy new pickups for less.

 

[Rider1260]

I have used these easy job !!!

http://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_Electronics/Pickup_Kits_and_Parts/Humbucking_Pickup_Covers.html

 

[epoch]

It's really funny you should ask this today, because I was Googling the exact same thing and came across this older thread:

http://prsguitars.com/forum/showthread.php?8070-pole-spacing-on-se-humbuckers

Seems to me that the pup covers recommended by that thread from Philadelphia Luthier Tools look better than the ones at StewMac. I think I'm going to cover up mine on my SE CU24 Vintage Yellow.

 

[Whitz'End]

I picked up a set of covers for my SE ZM. Got them from Philadelphia Luthier Tools. I went with the raw nickel 49.2 and 52mm ones. Heat treated (for that rainbow metal effect) and then brushed them. Now, if my ZM would hurry up and get here.

 

[Lancer007]

I recently replaced the pickup rings on my SE 245 with ones I found at my LGS and the covers I got off Amazon. The covers are not a perfect fit so there's a little space as you can see from the middle pic but it allows the pup to sit as the height I had before but not let the cover touch the strings. I had to trim the ears off the covers to make them work. They are plastic because I didn't want to deal with any possible metal interference after the install.

Before:

Cover/pup size comparison. The covers don't sit all the way down on the pup so this is how they sit on them in the guitar.

After:

 

[dogrocketp]

I really like the darker rings and pickup covers. Very classy.

 

[TroyBaer]

I think I'm going to cover up mine on my SE CU24 Vintage Yellow.

Like this?

 

[epoch]

hah, yes! Just like that Although I'm going to get the "raw" nickel so not exactly the same as yours.