Switching the covers on a DiMarzio P

knigel · #1 07-29-2009, 05:39 PM

Hello,

I tried to do some research, but I didn't find anything about it. Can you switch the pickup covers on a DiMarzio DP122 P bass pickup? I have black, but cream would be premium. It looks like they are on there pretty good, and I don't want to force anything, but I thought maybe there's a trick I didn't know. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

jbrew73 · #2 07-29-2009, 06:15 PM

i was gonna ask the same thing about dimario model j's. i will be keeping my eye on this thread.

doktorfeelgood · #3 07-29-2009, 06:37 PM

I called DiMarzio once and asked the same question...they told me nope....can't be done. The whole pickup assembly is epoxyed together. J's too. )-(

knigel · #4 07-29-2009, 07:10 PM

Well damnation and hellfire. That's what I thought. Thanks for the heads up.

SGD Lutherie · #5 07-29-2009, 09:59 PM

Unless they change the way they make them, I used to change the covers all the time. They don't epoxy them in, and you should be able to push them out of the cover.

Now, having said that, I haven't had a set made after 1980 or so, so I don't know if they changed them.

But I used to take the cream covers off and put black ones on. They only had a little hot melt glue to hold the magnets in place.

andk5591 · #6 07-30-2009, 06:54 PM

I have painted them multiple times with good success. I had cream and wanted white, then a couple year later went to black.

Removed polepieces, scuffed and then cleaned real well with windex - krylon rattle can worked just fine.

knigel · #7 07-30-2009, 08:08 PM

You know what, I just popped the covers off, right or wrong. I separated the epoxy (? clear stuff?) from the cover with a razor knife, the popped the covers off. Here's to hoping I didn't damage them! Because aesthetics are the only thing important to me, obviously.

precision punk · #8 08-04-2009, 02:29 PM

i doubt that it will do anything to them
great tone huh?

knigel · #9 08-04-2009, 03:08 PM

Hmmm...well, I'm about 100 dollars away from finishing, and my unemployment ran out. But I'll post pics when I am done.

Funkinthetrunk · #10 08-04-2009, 07:10 PM

I removed the black cover of a new Ultra Jazz and put them into white covers for my Lakland DJ. I just used a razor blade and gently cut thru the silicone adhesive securing the pickup to the cover (the bottom side of the pickup). Very easy...less than a minute job. No epoxy whatsoever. I think DiMarzio just don't want anyone jacking with their pickups....is the reason they gave the "no" answer.