antonio_kill Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hey all. I'm a proud owner of a 2005 Les Paul Std and a brand new 2011 Les Paul Melody Maker. Anyways I was just thinking of putting a cover on the pickup. Does anyone have any experience with putting a cover on one of the new 2011 Melody Makers? It just doesn't seem like there is enough room in the hole cut out in the pickguard. Also it's a ceramic 491t would it have to be wax potted? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StijnV Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 You probably mean the 498T? It's not that difficult, because you only need to solder a bridge pickup cover to it. Shouldn't be too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonio_kill Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 You probably mean the 498T? It's not that difficult, because you only need to solder a bridge pickup cover to it. Shouldn't be too hard. No bud! The Gibson website says it's a 491t ceramic. I know installing a pickup cover is easy but I've heard some pickups need to be wax potted and also the pickguard it's installed on is extremely tight I don't know if there is enough clearance for the extra size around the pickup the cover will add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonio_kill Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 buy a replacement pickup; less hassle and better sounding in the long run. I don't know I actually like the sound of this pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestructorsKillMusic1982 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I've had only mixed luck with putting pickup covers on, most recently I added them to a faded SG Special with no problems at all, they seemed to almost snap right on, so I tried to put them on my other SG Special (a poor man's Angus clone, all black with a Maestro is what I was going for) and while the neck pickup cover worked fine the bridge pickup was so heavily potted I couldn't get it to fit at all. (I ended up going with a Dimarzio 36th Anniversary PAF instead.) Another problem to consider is that it seems to make some pickups microphonic, which is what happened when I tried putting a chrome cover on a Seymour Duncan Custom V in my black LP Studio, the feedback was so harsh I abandoned the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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