question about the pickup cover

orenso2 · Post by **orenso2** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:29 pm

i have to ask, could it be that the cover is made of plastic..?

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:45 pm

It could be...

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:45 pm

Welcome to the forum, Oren. Yes, the cover is chromed plastic.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:25 pm

Welcome to the forum, Oren.
The pickup cover is also copper flashed before it is chromed to help shield the treble pickup from noise.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 1:52 am

Welcome onboard, Oren.

orenso2 · Post by **orenso2** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:57 am

thats a relief, i started to think my bass could be a fake or something, cause i always thought those things were made of chrome metal.

thanks for the fast reply guys

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anoher question by the way, after i removed the cover i was surprised to find that the metal base that hold the pickup has some very sharp corners, so i put some tape around the edges.. maybe someone could offer a more creative solution..?

lucky · Post by **lucky** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:33 am

Pickguardian make a replacement cover that may be of use to you.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:40 am

http://www.pickguardian.com

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:51 am

rickenbrother wrote:Welcome to the forum, Oren.
The pickup cover is also copper flashed before it is chromed to help shield the treble pickup from noise.

Yes, welcome to the forum!

Actually, the copper isn't there specifically for the shielding (though it and the other metals on the cover do this), it's mostly there so the plastic can be chrome plated. Chrome plating pretty much has to be done by electroplating, meaning the part to be plated has to conduct electricity, plastics aren't too good at this. So, to make the plastic conductive, you can do a vapor deposition of copper, then do a typical electroplate, often plating copper, then nickle, then the chrome. But that's probably more info than anyone really cares about...

-cj

marc67 · Post by **marc67** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:23 pm

Hi Oren, welcome!
What bass do you have?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:58 pm

But that's probably more info than anyone really cares about...

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BlueAngel · Post by **BlueAngel** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:06 pm

orenso2 wrote:anoher question by the way, after i removed the cover i was surprised to find that the metal base that hold the pickup has some very sharp corners, so i put some tape around the edges.. maybe someone could offer a more creative solution..?

I rounded mine down with various grades of engineers' abrasive paper because the bass-side front corner would cut into the ball of my thumb whenever I got a bit enthusiastic with my slapping technique...

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 8:11 pm

iamthebassman wrote:
But that's probably more info than anyone really cares about...
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Wake up, Ronn! Pay attention!

ben_brown · Post by **ben_brown** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:54 am

cjj wrote:
rickenbrother wrote:Welcome to the forum, Oren.
The pickup cover is also copper flashed before it is chromed to help shield the treble pickup from noise.
Yes, welcome to the forum!

Actually, the copper isn't there specifically for the shielding (though it and the other metals on the cover do this), it's mostly there so the plastic can be chrome plated. Chrome plating pretty much has to be done by electroplating, meaning the part to be plated has to conduct electricity, plastics aren't too good at this. So, to make the plastic conductive, you can do a vapor deposition of copper, then do a typical electroplate, often plating copper, then nickle, then the chrome. But that's probably more info than anyone really cares about...

-cj

What he said.......

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