Off Topic Burning Chrome

[Astrofreq]

I prefer charcoal myself for a smokier flavor. But whatever floats your boat!

 

[Norrin Radd]

But Rob you'd have to play a bucker guitar man to do that!! Hahahahahahaha

Phil, your killing me man!!!!

Glenn |B)

Um, ....wut?

 

[bkrumme]

That's pretty cool looking. I want to see it on a guitar now.

 

[threeminutesboy]

Awesome would look great on my ASS

 

[robelinda2]

Burnt chrome single coils and MM90's- now THAT IS COOL!

 

[dfrady]

That's pretty sweet dude, I like it!

 

[Big Jazzer]

Beautiful result
It brings up a few questions - such as would the chrome flake off?
did you learn control over which colours came out?
and how do you get a cover onto a pick-up without it becoming microphonic - hot paraffin in the cover first?

 

[littlephil]

Beautiful result
It brings up a few questions - such as would the chrome flake off?
did you learn control over which colours came out?
and how do you get a cover onto a pick-up without it becoming microphonic - hot paraffin in the cover first?

Well, most chrome pickup covers are really just polished nickel, they aren't actually chrome plated, so it won't flake off. The first one we did actually started melting (not one of these, I ended up making it into a 'distressed' type finish) but it didn't flake.
The colour depends on how long you heat it, the black parts are where it was heated the longest, but I wasn't paying enough attention to know which order the colours showed up
I haven't installed a cover, but usually the pickup is potted, then the cover is installed and it is potted again. I'm pretty sure the pickup itself is usually encased in wax inside the cover, but I'm not certain.

 

[Jimmyb]

Blowtorched ones sound better.

 

[Big Jazzer]

Well, most chrome pickup covers are really just polished nickel, they aren't actually chrome plated, so it won't flake off. The first one we did actually started melting (not one of these, I ended up making it into a 'distressed' type finish) but it didn't flake.
The colour depends on how long you heat it, the black parts are where it was heated the longest, but I wasn't paying enough attention to know which order the colours showed up
I haven't installed a cover, but usually the pickup is potted, then the cover is installed and it is potted again. I'm pretty sure the pickup itself is usually encased in wax inside the cover, but I'm not certain.

You've taken this quite seriously, which I must doff my cap to.
If you can get the potting worked out, I'd love to see you get a pick-up onto a fitting plank.

 

[littlephil]

You've taken this quite seriously, which I must doff my cap to.
If you can get the potting worked out, I'd love to see you get a pick-up onto a fitting plank.

I will be putting them on a guitar soon, if I can find some pickups that will fit (Different brand covers have different spacings, even if they're both normal spaced or F-spaced!)

Blowtorched ones sound better.