Anybody here ever wax pot a pickkup?

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Is it as easy as it seems? I'm pretty sure the pickup in my Les Paul Studio is microphonic so I think I want to pot it. It seems simple enough from the reading I've been doing. The only real concern is do I take the chrome cover off to do it, or leave it on. I saw on a site about potting to leave it on when you dip. But I'm pretty sure I've seen other places say to take the cover off, before you was pot a pickup.
 
messenger":3bwrp7ec said:
Did it stop the squeeling?
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Yea, it took care of the high pitch squeal. I can do one now in about 20-30 minutes, takes the longest time to get the wax to the right temp....
 
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blackba":2nts3qkv said:
I recently potted my 498T for my Les Paul studio, I left the gold cover on, it wasn't hard at all. I plan to pot a couple of gibson T-top pickups soon.

Check out this site: http://www.guitarnuts.com/technical/ele ... /index.php
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Hey Brian, let me know how those T-Tops sound. I may be interested in paying you to wax pot mine. Not real sure.
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Will do, didn't get to those T-tops this weekend :(
 
I've potted pickups more times than I can remember. It's relatively easy but there's setup time involved and you want to be fairly certain (with a proper thermometer) that you're not overheating the wax. You can make a homemade "double boiler" in a number of ways for the job too, so it's entirely up to you and what pots you own (and don't mind ruining). :)

If you change pickups a lot especially if you're buying/trading for used pickups, getting set up to do wax potting is a great idea. Any pickup can go microphonic if its wax cracks.
 
JamesPeters":1hu64k1g said:
I've potted pickups more times than I can remember. It's relatively easy but there's setup time involved and you want to be fairly certain (with a proper thermometer) that you're not overheating the wax. You can make a homemade "double boiler" in a number of ways for the job too, so it's entirely up to you and what pots you own (and don't mind ruining). :)

If you change pickups a lot especially if you're buying/trading for used pickups, getting set up to do wax potting is a great idea. Any pickup can go microphonic if its wax cracks.
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What has been your success rate for potting and repotting pickups, have you ruined a few?
 
blackba":3599w0eb said:
What has been your success rate for potting and repotting pickups, have you ruined a few?
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Success rate = 100%. No ruined pickups. But again I make sure with a "candle-making thermometer" that the temperature is right.

The only time I couldn't cure a microphonic pickup by re-potting it was with a Gibson Burstbucker...because they used a spacer that was too short (so the parts didn't fit together properly and would still vibrate too much). I had to replace the spacer and then re-pot it (and then it was fine).
 
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