Pickup cover colors sound?
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Yes, there will be! The black cover will sound darker, the white cover brighter and the cream cover creamer :toothy12:
Sorry I just HAD to make this stupid joke...
The plastic covers won't change de tone, as said by Dan and line6man
Sorry I just HAD to make this stupid joke...
The plastic covers won't change de tone, as said by Dan and line6man
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NonsenseTele said:
So pink covers are good for playing Aerosmith, right?
Some years ago, back .. early 80's maybe, Gibson themselves did a definitive test. Someplace... its online. Used to be on the Gibson site, but that site has been rearranged so much... its hard to find anything anymore there.
Their conclusion was nickel silver covers will cut the high end, just a little. Same for regular nickel plated brass, almost no difference. They did say, they weren't sure it could be heard very well, depended on the original brightness of the pickup, the amp settings (which are generally very scooped or low in the mids), the strings, and speaker choice (which generally only go up to about 6k or perhaps just a tad more). They said, it was a very subtle thing, and the conclusion was, if you think it helps, and you can hear it with your pickup, strings and rig, and you like the looks, by all means use uncovered pickups.
Their conclusion was nickel silver covers will cut the high end, just a little. Same for regular nickel plated brass, almost no difference. They did say, they weren't sure it could be heard very well, depended on the original brightness of the pickup, the amp settings (which are generally very scooped or low in the mids), the strings, and speaker choice (which generally only go up to about 6k or perhaps just a tad more). They said, it was a very subtle thing, and the conclusion was, if you think it helps, and you can hear it with your pickup, strings and rig, and you like the looks, by all means use uncovered pickups.
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knucklehead G said:
Pink covers are good for playing "Pink" covers.
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Whether metal or chrome plated plastic, I think the effect would be similar. I haven't done the test, but when everyone had Nokia phones and every mall kiosk sold Nokia phone covers, I got a chrome plated plastic one for Christmas. Standing in the same place and installing and uninstalling it, my phone's signal went down 2 bars.
well the chrome plating is extremely thin, as is the plating on your phone but sheilding and eddy currents are different things. brass has a fairly high eddy current potential, even though it is not ferromagnetic the presence brass can alter the magnettic feild if it moves.
if i under stand it right(big if) when the field moves through the metal currents are induced just like the electrical currents induced in the coil, the currents move through the metal in a closed circuit in an opposite direction to the movement of the magnetic field causing an alternate field that counters it. this principle is used to slow rollercoasters at specific points of a track. the field has a resistance to moving through the metal. you can see this principle at work by holding an aluminum plate at a slight angle to vertical and let a high power magnet (neodinium) slide down. it will travel slowly. the effect that it has on output should depend on the thickness and some electromagnetic properties that i don't understand but is linear with frequency so the highs are most effected. i do not know if chrome has a high eddy current potential but it is thinner and should have little effect than a brass cover. cemented iron particles has low eddy currents because it has no/low conductivity as the binder acts as an insolator, also laminated designs are sometimes used in transformer so there are several thin pieces insulated from each other that each have lower eddy currents that one solid chunk. i have to wonder how much conductivity is in the chrome plating. i know bill lawrence speaks of eddy currents a lot and he does use chrome plated plastic to give tele neck pups a more authentic look without the brass/nickel silver covers and used chrome plated plastic rings on the "sheilded" l-500 series of pickups
in the case of the phone, the principle may be the same but there is much i don't understand. the frequencies are very high for cellular transmission so the effects of eddy currents from the chrome may be enough to measure in that case or there may be some other principle at work.
isn't it amazing what you can learn on wikipedia?
for the OP the bottom line is if it has a negative effect you can always take 'em off
if i under stand it right(big if) when the field moves through the metal currents are induced just like the electrical currents induced in the coil, the currents move through the metal in a closed circuit in an opposite direction to the movement of the magnetic field causing an alternate field that counters it. this principle is used to slow rollercoasters at specific points of a track. the field has a resistance to moving through the metal. you can see this principle at work by holding an aluminum plate at a slight angle to vertical and let a high power magnet (neodinium) slide down. it will travel slowly. the effect that it has on output should depend on the thickness and some electromagnetic properties that i don't understand but is linear with frequency so the highs are most effected. i do not know if chrome has a high eddy current potential but it is thinner and should have little effect than a brass cover. cemented iron particles has low eddy currents because it has no/low conductivity as the binder acts as an insolator, also laminated designs are sometimes used in transformer so there are several thin pieces insulated from each other that each have lower eddy currents that one solid chunk. i have to wonder how much conductivity is in the chrome plating. i know bill lawrence speaks of eddy currents a lot and he does use chrome plated plastic to give tele neck pups a more authentic look without the brass/nickel silver covers and used chrome plated plastic rings on the "sheilded" l-500 series of pickups
in the case of the phone, the principle may be the same but there is much i don't understand. the frequencies are very high for cellular transmission so the effects of eddy currents from the chrome may be enough to measure in that case or there may be some other principle at work.
isn't it amazing what you can learn on wikipedia?
for the OP the bottom line is if it has a negative effect you can always take 'em off
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