Originally Posted by Bad City
I would be worried attempting to drop paint into pickup coils. If it were mine, I'd just cut between 3/4" - 1" length of black pickup tape, fold it into a V shape and try to slide it in and apply to just that end where the green showing. To me that would be reversible and potentially less harmful to the pickup.
Originally Posted by Demanic
Originally Posted by GuitarFanatic
Why paint? In addition to being a hassle, there's an outside chance it might seep through, momentarily thin the coil wire insulation and cause a short. Just use black paper tape:
https://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_...Coil_Tape.html
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You can also cut some black foam to fit the v shaped cavitys and stuff it in.
Not a bad idea. It's also reversible, should you change your mind. And it's cheap.You can also cut some black foam to fit the v shaped cavitys and stuff it in.
I had brown pickup tape which I carefully removed and replaced with black. Not because I wanted black ( the pickups are brown) but I was mag swapping and the tape was no good to reuse)
Is it definitely glued and not wax?
Either search for pickup tape and pay through the nose or use tape for winding transformers etc in laptops - same thing but cheaper:
8mm x100ft Black Insulating Acetate Cloth Adhesive Tape For Laptop Motor Transformer https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06XJXW1..._qw2oBbNR23TXS
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And the winner is...tape! The black foam kept falling into the crevice so I cut a small piece of electrical tape and carefully pressed it into place. So now when I play, instead of photo 1 I see photo 2. Not only is the green gone but the cream and dark red really pop.
Thank you! I just put it together this year. 1990s Warmoth 24.75" maple/rosewood neck I modified, eBay alder Tele body I modified, the Wilde L500XL pickup, Gotoh wrap around bridge, and the pickguard I made from a perforated aluminum baking pan.
(Sorry about the sideways photo, I don't know how to fix that!)
Last edited by Dave Locher; 07-12-2018 at 09:52 PM.
Looks good. Glad you dig it.
Cool looking guitar! Any clips playing it? And congrats on getting the color fixed!