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What are the covers made of? Brass, or nickel silver? How thick? Plated with chrome, or nickel? How thick?
Do the answers vary for originals, reissues used on the MIA and MIM models, and the reissues used on MIJ and CIJ models?
What are the critical dimensions and methods for securing them to the pickup body? Are they interchangeable?
The idea to remove the hidden polepieces on the reissues got me thinking. Once upon a time, someone thought to remove (or leave off) the covers from other humbuckers, and discovered it opened up the sound and brought out more treble.
Someone could make replacements without covers, but fully compatible with a Fender or equivalent cover.
It might add clarity and treble.
Some folks would like their performance enough they wouldn't even bother trying to add covers. The idea might catch on as it did for some fans of Gibson style humbuckers.
It could avoid trademark violations for the pickup maker, and also keep costs down. If someone wanted a Fender cover they could deal with finding and paying for it as a separate concern.
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