Taking the Pickup Covers off a Gibson LPJ 2013 

Maybe adding the baseplates changed the height of the pickups? Hmm…

I think it may be your thread I got the methodology from haha! Small internet!

I got some Emg 81/60's coming in the mail soon, I hope. That should change the tone significantly.

@@J_Braz_ I do love EMGs

@@lenduckworth99 I had a 02 Gibson gothic explorer set up like it's was for James Hetfield. Best guitar I ever had, but sold it. Then had a 07 Ltd eclipse 1000. Didn't like it for whatever reason. Hope this LPJ sounds good when I get them in.

you're very welcome! thanks for watching :)

Wise Guy definitely! Nice solid honest guitars

nice! i've been thinking about an sgj for a while haha. i may well get one at some point... i'm kinda jonesing for a jaguar or a 335 as well though! thanks for watching :)

thanks for watching! I'm glad it helped

if you're adding covers, you'll need to pot them!

@@BadMotivator66 oh ok thanks for letting me know. Appreciate it brother

i'm glad it helped :) thanks for watching

yeah it was nearly new or b stock or ex demo (i suspect as it was flawless) back in late 2012. i was and still am chuffed with it :D nearly 10 years on and i'd still make money on it if i ever sold it haha

that's awesome to know it helped :) thanks for watching!

52mm and 50mm I think

@@BadMotivator66 Tks

you're very welcome! yeah i wanted the covers off for years but was scared of breaking my guitar! i saws a forum post with pics on how to do it, and took the plunge. my les paul looks so much better now!

you're welcome!

thanks for watching! I honestly can't remember, which is why i try to say specifically what i'm using, in each video. I think they were the 50mm. there's an old forum post on doing this and i used the ones that guy did. but there was no video on it, so i had to film when i did it! thanks for watching :)

it ain't stupid if it works haha

thanks for watching! yep there was only 1 forum post describing how to do this, so bit the bullet and tried it- on video!

Hi, i think i said in the video- it's 50mm (neck) and 52mm (bridge)

haha! you can do it dude ;) if i can, you can!

Hi., i'm in the UK but i seem to recall the US 2nd hand price is about half that for the LJP! Studios might be around that price cos they're 1000 new.

@@BadMotivator66 Thank you

the stock pickups are great, you can adjust them with the 2 screws at the sides.

@@BadMotivator66 o wow thank you .. but I read or heard lots of times the original pick ups suck and they really don't

@@Keneli0426 decide for yourself, they're just 498t and 490r but with plastic covers

@@BadMotivator66 I did ... if you can read which you did not in my comment

Nope, but I spoke I could get the pickups closer to the strings if I wanted to

thanks a lot :) it definitely looks a lot more 'proper' now! thanks for watching

Hi, 52mm and 50mm. thanks for watching :)

Hi! thanks :) i tend to shop at northwest guitars, blackdogmusic or allparts. I went for the nickel baseplates because brass arguably muffles the sound (many players took the brass covers off those later 'bursts e.g. jimmy page)

Neck is 50mm humbucker backplate, Bridge is 52 mm. I used nickel/silver and it worked perfectly.

50mm and 52mm

@@BadMotivator66 thanks a lot, bro! 👊🏼👍🏻

that it is :) i've seen them more than once!

@@BadMotivator66 great Band . Seen them many times myself. Im planning to buy Gibson LPJ very soon and think I might take off the plastic covers myself. Thanks for showing me how to do right 👍

@@cliffymckernan6853 glad it helped :)

I think that the way it was held in was bad, and mayve the pickup could slip in the cover. and i'm not sure how close to the top of the cover when it was in there. But with the tabs now a bit lower, i can raise or lower the pickups easier and a bit more up or down... thanks for watching :)

@@BadMotivator66 thanks...

not as much as say chrome, or Nickel covers.

It affects the volume. -2 with the covers

thanks for watching! you can use a file or sandpaper to make the solder stick. remember to wax pot the pickup or the cover will be microphonic!

@@BadMotivator66 thanks for your answer! so, is it completely necessary to wax pot the pick up? Didn´t know that I had to do it... Not sure how it is done, I will check some videos. Salutes

because it was cheap and to make people want to pay more for the next model up!

yep this has the plug in system. I didn't need to touch any of that

Its called the Quick Connect system, and or solderless. Great PCB functions just like a hard wired circuit. People in general don't like them. I use them a lot as they are versatile ,and easy to switch pick ups on a dime

the same! but it looks better :)

@@BadMotivator66 ok ,Well, if you put the same set but without covers, do you think they will be different in sound?

498т 490r not covered

@@englfalafel955 i would guess the same or pretty much the same. these pickups are all slug poles not screw and slug, i'm sure that makes some difference. i couldn't say how

@@BadMotivator66 оk,fanks.

hi no these covers are plastic and so the pickups are potted before the covers are added. the covers don't make the pickups microphonic and they can be taken off without any problems :) i've not had an LP Tribute (they look lovely though_ so i can't say about those pickups

thanks, i think so too! and thanks for watching :)