Pickup Covers

[rarbass]

I've heard you can purchase covers for exposed pickups. I have an Ibanez GSR200 (Like this - [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]) and I am considering purchasing pickup covers for it. I haven't looked into it yet as it just popped into my head, but I have a few questions. Does anyone know about this? If so...
1. Is it worth doing?
2. Does it affect the sound quality?
3. How hard is it to find for a specific bass?

 

[therex]

in short terms

1 is just for looks
2 no
3 in your case i think it would be easy

 

[rarbass]

in short terms

1 is just for looks
2 no
3 in your case i think it would be easy

Thank you! I probably should have looked into it first, but it just popped into my head and I was doing something that would not have allowed me to put great time into doing a search. I knew I'd be able to find help here on reliable TB!

On another note, by my case, are you referring to my pickups being common?

Edit: Funny that this thread was moved, because I came looking for a reply to it in this very forum. I thought I had posted it here, strange that I hadn't. Sorry mods!

 

[therex]

Thank you! I probably should have looked into it first, but it just popped into my head and I was doing something that would not have allowed me to put great time into doing a search. I knew I'd be able to find help here on reliable TB!

On another note, by my case, are you referring to my pickups being common?

Edit: Funny that this thread was moved, because I came looking for a reply to it in this very forum. I thought I had posted it here, strange that I hadn't. Sorry mods!

well p and j style pups are common, and GSR200 has a P style pup and a J style pup

BTW i think a bass looks better with the polepieces, i love Quarter Pounder pups looks

 

[lowtide]

They may look good but can also help because they pretty much eliminate clipping.

 

[stoopidcooper]

There is a sound difference between exposed and non exposed poles, in that the distance between the strings and the pole pieces changes output and harmonic content.

Covers are available at allparts, stew mac and guitar jones, to name a few. Therex is spot on about 1-3, with my exception above.