So anyhow I always thought that the black-bobbined open-coil humbuckers on my Les Paul Classic looked a little plain. Since the honeyburst comes with creme binding, creme pickup rings, and creme pickguard, I figured a creme/black zebra pickup would look cool.

Only problem: as you all know, I'm a notoriously cheap bastard. I'd already replaced a dead bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan Custom V, and that alone could totally besmirch my cheap bastard cred for decades. So I wasn't about to change pickups just to have zebras instead of black.

The answer of course, is Bobbin Toppers, a little vinyl press-on cover that can make your pickup look any color you want. So I went to universaljems.com, here's the subpage for Bobbin Toppers:

http://www.universaljems.com/cart/bobbin.htm

Brian over there hooked me up with a couple of creme toppers, they're like $2 apiece, so all told with shipping my order was a whopping $6 or so. They came in a matter of days. They're a little tricky to get on, but once you've got 'em the way you want, from a foot away you'd never know your pickup wasn't the real deal.

Anyhow, for the before and after makeover shots! Here's Cassie before:



And here she is after:



Here's a long shot:

looks pretty sweet! But isn't the cream on the neck p/u usually facing toward the inside or both faceing out like opposites? any reason you chose to go facing the same way?

mike hays™ wrote:looks pretty sweet! But isn't the cream on the neck p/u usually facing toward the inside or both faceing out like opposites? any reason you chose to go facing the same way?

I've seen it both ways, though more often not how mine is. The cool thing about the bobbin toppers is you can peel them off and rearrange later.

sweet