pickup painting

[dai saunders]

hey guys
is it possible to paint the caseing on the pickup's
mine used to be white but have gone a bit horrible now
if you can how and what stuff should i use

iwould nt mind have illuminous green but i dont know how

[EmperorMalignus]

i dont think this is a good idea

[Argos]

It depends on the pickups. If they are exposed coil pups, you should be able to remove the casings and paint them. Obviosly don't paint over the coils! If they are elcosed like EMG's dont do it.

As far as paint I have used acrylic artist paints and they work pretty well.

[DELETE79]

Originally posted by dai saunders
hey guys
is it possible to paint the caseing on the pickup's
mine used to be white but have gone a bit horrible now

BUY SOME NEW ONES IT SOUDLN'T BE TOO EXPENSIVE MAYBE 10$

[dai saunders]

i think i can remove two of the caseings but the other is a humbucker and i cant see how to remove it



help!!!

[MeTalManiac555]

If I were you I would just buy new one's its a waste to paint them it will just come off again. It will probably be cheaper than to get the paint to buy them and plus you wont have to worry about messing your pickup's or anyhting up. Go buy new ones!!! Or if you want just steal them!!

[shredaholic]

painting the single coil casings shouldn't affect the tone adversely in any way. i'd recommend you paint them with acrylic paint / spray paint, and cover the paint with some spray acrylic lacquer for protection.

[AMD]

It depends on the pickups. If they are exposed coil pups, you should be able to remove the casings and paint them. Obviosly don't paint over the coils! If they are elcosed like EMG's dont do it.

As far as paint I have used acrylic artist paints and they work pretty well.

Doesn't kirk hammet have painted EMG's on his mummy guitar?

[Bia]

I rarely deliberately act like an ass....but shit guys.
This thread is years old...I'm SURE the author has figured it out now.

And as far as Hammets pickups...I seriously doubt he's painting them....he makes a call and says,
I want bla bla color pickups and a few days later he has whatever he wants from the manufacturer installed on whatever he desires.


FUCKING DUHHHHHHHHHHH

[blizzard_beast]

Shredaholic is just trying to whore his site.

[Soulinsane]

You can paint a pup with no problem at all as long as it is permiable(sp) to magnetic flux fields. Most paint is but some paints can contain metals that can be magnetized. Paints with aluminum are fine as aluminum allows magnetic fields to pass without the aluminum becoming polarized oxer time.

Bottom line is painting a pup will not affect a thing as long as it does not contain any metals other then aluminum.

[shredaholic]

Shredaholic is just trying to whore his site.

no, I just posted on the threads I found most interesting - ignoring how old they were

[powersofterror]

Pickups are GEAR talk.