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Question about painting pickups

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I have long been a user of EMG active pickups. Something that I dont care for is the lack of color choice. Does anyone know if painting the pickup would have adverse effects on the pickup?

My plan would be to use a high quality "suitable for plastic" paint. I did some research on this yesterday and I found a forum where supposedly a tech from EMG stated that it would not cause any issues but I was curious if anyone here could make an argument either way or back it up with factual evidence.


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I wouldn't think it would...I can't see how paint would affect a pickup's magnetic field...maybe metal flake LOL.
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I can't see what it would hurt, can't make that much difference. If in doubt try it on a cheap pickup first.
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yeah, I would try it out and see what happens. If they don't work after that, get yourself a set of duncan screaming demons :)
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It won't make any difference.
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Actually it could make a difference. If you paint them pink they may make your tone sound gay & girly. Seriously though Ron's correct, painting those pickups won't hurt anything tonewise. You may check with Paul at Big Head Guitars as far as any tips for choosing the right type of paint, etc.
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girly Bb tuning. I might go with pink... LOL
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A few of Hammett's guitars have painted EMG's in em......... OK bad choice cause his tone is'nt that great. LOL
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DV8 wrote:A few of Hammett's guitars have painted EMG's in em......... OK bad choice cause his tone is'nt that great. LOL
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I am thinking they painted them all the time. Look at the color scheme of some of the guitars. You can see that they were ...
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