nickel covered vs. non-covered?
I'm going to buy a bridge/neck Pearly Gates set today or tomorrow. I've been thinking about this for weeks now, but I don't feel I'm any closer to choosing between nickel covered or non-covered. I'm hoping for some last minute opinions or advice on this. Asthetically I like the nickel, but overall tone is more important. I've never had a covered p-up before to make a judgement call. How much of a difference is there?
Re: nickel covered vs. non-covered?
there is a touch of difference in the high end, the covered pups will be a little bit smoother
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Originally Posted by jeremy
Will they still sound "slightly rude" and will the difference in high end be enough to prevent the harmonics from "jumping out of the guitar" as in the discription?
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Totally. Go for the covers - they will be fine. Worst case scenario, you can take them off.
Will they still sound "slightly rude" and will the difference in high end be enough to prevent the harmonics from "jumping out of the guitar" as in the discription?
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Nevermind...
Last edited by PoorMan; 12-27-2008 at 06:03 PM.
Re: nickel covered vs. non-covered?
Meaning...???
Pepe aka Lt. Kojak
Milano, Italy
Re: nickel covered vs. non-covered?
With good quality cover (and SD is using these qualities) is the difference subtle - like have 2 or 3 stompboxes in the line.
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Howdy,
It's typical of guitar enthusiasts that my friends prefer my ES-335 just the way it is-with uncovered '59s, saying it looks and sounds better that way. Me, I wish they were covered! I ordered them that way, not realizing that they came without covers, unless I specified otherwise! I'm a single-coil guy, call me ignorant. LOL.
I think that an ES-335 with uncovered PAFs looks just plain strange; the tone is there, so there is fair compensation.I'm in no mood to change P/Us, since doing so on an ES-335 is costly.
Eggman
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I prefer the sound of uncovered p'ups. I don't care the way they look.Howdy,
It's typical of guitar enthusiasts that my friends prefer my ES-335 just the way it is-with uncovered '59s, saying it looks and sounds better that way. Me, I wish they were covered! I ordered them that way, not realizing that they came without covers, unless I specified otherwise! I'm a single-coil guy, call me ignorant. LOL.
I think that an ES-335 with uncovered PAFs looks just plain strange; the tone is there, so there is fair compensation.
Eggman
HTH,
Pepe aka Lt. Kojak
Milano, Italy
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it doesn't matter that much
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The effect is like using lower value volume pots (and leaving the tone circuit alone). It can be very hard to hear.
That's with SDs. Stupid cover design can kill the whole thing.
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Thanks to everyone for the input. I'll keep checking for new posts on this until I walk out the door tomorrow to my local SD retailer.
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Howdy,
LtKojak: Your guitar is gorgeous and I respect your attitude! Good luck, jccarmichael. Now back to my 335 through my dimed Super 112.
Eggman
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Well... now that I've re-read it, it sort of came out a bit harsh... sorry 'bout that!
What I meant was that I don't think uncovered p'ups look bad at all... not even in a 335, that's why I put the picture, just to show an example of a good looking 335 with uncovered p'ups.
HTH,
Pepe aka Lt. Kojak
Milano, Italy
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Really, the difference with the covers SD uses is really neglible. Just go for the covers if you like the look.
7ender 7anboy.
Re: nickel covered vs. non-covered?
Just go with whatever looks better to you. Its such a minor difference sonically it really doesn't matter these days.
What does matter is the physcological effect of having a guitar you think looks good or bad.
When you love how your guitar looks, it just seems to play better and you love your instrument
When all you can think of is how ugly you think the uncovered pups look, its not going to play well to you.
Sounds silly but its the truth in this case.
You don't always want to buy based on aesthetics, but in this case its fine to do so.
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Re: nickel covered vs. non-covered?
As in politics and so many other areas of human existence, perception is truth!
Last edited by sailingdave; 12-27-2008 at 06:21 PM. Reason: bad spelling
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your question brings me to a funny thing: I like open bobbins in all guitars except the ES. In that guitar it reminds me of cheap asian copies. I have a Tokai ES - a really nice copy of the '59 ES335 - but it looks trashy without covers. I shot a pair of used Ants without covers (thats the reason were less pricey) and now i purchased reliced covers for them.
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Well... I guess I like the "TRASHY" look, then!
"TRASHY" is good... "TRASHY" works! "TRASHY" rocks!"
Pepe aka Lt. Kojak
Milano, Italy
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