What are pickup covers for?

[fullrangebass]

"seriously what are pickup covers for?"
Good question Timmy:
They are there to keep little children safe from putting their little fingers on the pickups and seriously injuring themselves.

Basses should come with warnings.

It's to keep pickups safe from being injured by little children and pets. If none of the latter are around then pickups can stay without any covers on. That's why pickup covers come with the "18+ only can enter" warning on them . I think that applies for the ramps too, but I'm not sure

 

[Solarmist]

Without them a bass becomes a cool refrigerator magnet

 

[ashtray9]

What pickup covers does Mike Kroeger use?

 

[bh2]

Fish deflectors. I though everyone knew that!

 

[anthowl]

my pickup covers are to heavy and i was thinking of swapping them out to something with more mids so i can really get that mick thompson sound.

 

[Sbociol]

Is it true that the Tribute Series covers use the same materials as the USA made ones?

 

[dropbass]

they come with a badass from the factory????

 

[Bassman316]

Sucks that my pickup cover didn't come with a jack for an AC adapter... man that thing can drain a battery fast.

 

[Bassmickeyd]

"I put a bridge and a pickup cover on my Stienberger, now I can tune it....."

I don't understand, didn't the bass come in tune? Because the proverbial, potency of the POWER of the pickup covers is that you never have to tune your bass again. So, remove your pickup covers, tune the bass and re-apply your pickup covers then you will forever more bathe in the glory of the POWER of the pickup covers.
But, make sure you do this on the First Friday of the Second Sunday following the Third Thursday of the last re-airing of Dumb and Dumber 2.

PS:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassmickeyd
You must remember pickup covers were designed for certian types of music. They don't work on all songs.

dmusic148
"That's BS. Any pickup covers can work in any genre, it's all in your hands. Look at Will Lee- he uses metal covers, and he makes it work in everything from hard rock to jazz."

You're right, look at Will Lee and you will see the key.
Years ago Will made a pack with the proverbial, potency of the POWER of the pickup cover to be able to cross pollinate and play in all musical genres as long as he never changed his hair style.

 

[blondmix3]

They are there to protect the flux capacitor.

 

[David Jayne]

You're right, look at Will Lee and you will see the key.
Years ago Will made a pack with the proverbial, potency of the POWER of the pickup cover to be able to cross pollinate and play in a musical genres as long as he never changed his hair style.

LOL...

 

[David Jayne]

Fish deflectors. I though everyone knew that!

Oh, DO explain please! Sounds a bit Douglas Adams.

 

[spade2you]

Which pickup covers hold the most crons?

Does is pickup covers need crons to sound?

 

[Stealth]

WHAT...
is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen pickup cover?

 

[ggunn]

Here is everything you'll ever need to know about pickup covers:
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[David Jayne]

WHAT...
is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen pickup cover?

What do you mean? An African or European cover?

 

[mrjim123]

Does anybody know where I can get my pickup cover Tolexed?

 

[Tommygunn]

I thought covers were for protection... oh crap!!!

 

[Tommygunn]

Do any parts suppliers make custom color pickup covers that would match the one I have on my Ford Ranger?

Fender CS might but I know Bee Basses and Warmoth does

 

[MStrianese]

I just wanted to know, is there a difference between pickup covers and pup covers?