marcs Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 ciao a tutti...è possibile rimuovere le cover metalliche degli humbuckers della les paul 2008? immagino di si ma volevo esserne sicuro qualcuno può aiutarmi??? grazie a tutti ciao marcs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hello everybody is it possible to remove the metal cover of humbuckers on les paul 2008? i guess yes but i'd like to be sure about this before making some mess anyboby of you guys can help me out with this??? thanks in advance ciao marcs
BIGBENDS Posted December 21, 2008 Posted December 21, 2008 Marcs, it is possible, but you must do it carefully. Here are the instructions: Removing the cover from a humbucker can be tricky. Generally, the cover is soldered on. Removing it is even a little risky, because it’s easy to damage the coil (don’t ask how I know!!!). To do this you’ll need two clamps, a razor blade and a soldering iron. I like to hold the pickup in a cam clamp while I’m working on it. The cork lining in the jaws doesn’t mar the plating. While your soldering iron heats up, insert the corner of a single-edge razor blade between the cover and the baseplate of the pickup. It only takes a touch of the hot iron to melt the solder. As soon as it does, carefully work the blade between the cover and baseplate just enough to keep the solder joint apart while the solder hardens. When the solder cools, the blade slides right out. Do this on both sides, of course. The cover is now loose and ready to come off. From the StewMac Newsletter
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