Mod: EMG Covers for Passive Pickups

[DespoticOrder]

Messed em up a little, but you can't really tell from the photo. Had to cut them down and sand them quite a bit.
Covers over a Seymour Duncan Distortion/Jazz set in my LTD ZH-7.

 

[Xykhron]

Anyone found these covers at eBay?. Mojotone shipping costs to Europe are so expensive if purchase only the covers...

 

[DespoticOrder]

Anyone found these covers at eBay?. Mojotone shipping costs to Europe are so expensive if purchase only the covers...

I'm prettttttty sure that any 5 string bass cover should work for a passive 7 string pup. I'm not as certain about 6 strings and 8's though.

 

[Xykhron]

I'm looking for one to cover 8 string PU. I've checked eBay, but no luck

 

[mnemonic]

Anyone found these covers at eBay?. Mojotone shipping costs to Europe are so expensive if purchase only the covers...

even their shipping within the US is a bit stupid.

I've tried looking for any suitable alternatives but it seems there are none this side of the atlantic.

 

[DespoticOrder]

It looks like the 6 string bass covers are longer than 8 string active pups, so those wouldnt work unless you wanna make your cavity like a quarter inch longer on both sides.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

It looks like the 6 string bass covers are longer than 8 string active pups, so those wouldnt work unless you wanna make your cavity like a quarter inch longer on both sides.

Use 5-string covers.

 

[DespoticOrder]

Use 5-string covers.

Pretty sure those would be too small? If they barelyyy fit 7 string pups, I cant see them fitting 8 string ones.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

You use 4-string covers (EMG 35DC) for 7-strings, and 5-string covers (EMG 40DC) for 8-strings .

 

[blaxquid]

I'll reiterate what has been said, in the hopes that the guys from Mojotone ever check their web referrals: their shipping prices are retarded. 35$ to ship 2 covers to Canada is ridiculous. Seems like blackouts will be my only option as a replacement to the terrible 808s.

 

[shawn55]

Hi good luck man and thanks for sharing this post with us.

 

[Deadnightshade]

I'll reiterate what has been said, in the hopes that the guys from Mojotone ever check their web referrals: their shipping prices are retarded. 35$ to ship 2 covers to Canada is ridiculous. Seems like blackouts will be my only option as a replacement to the terrible 808s.

The do give an option to ship via USPS which should be cheaper,but I think you'll need to contact them for a quote.

 

[blaxquid]

The do give an option to ship via USPS which should be cheaper,but I think you'll need to contact them for a quote.

The 35$ option was USPS. UPS/FedEx are usually cheaper (about 10$ in that case) but you get pwned with brokerage fees. I'm not sure
if it would be the case with 4$ worth of items but it's NOT worth the risk.

I contacted them and here's their response:

"Thank you for the email!

My shipping manager has come up with $27.54 via USPS Priority Mail International Small Flat Rate as the cheapest shipping method for your order.

Please let me know if you need anything else.
Sincerely,
"

Out of sheer curiosity I calculated it myself cos I've been doing business with the US since... forever, and it's been a LOOONG time since I've been quoted numbers like that. SO. Shipping a small flat rate box from NC (28425) to Montreal is 19.99$. They may have a business discount too - maybe equivalent to taxes (but hypothetical) so I see a 7.55$ handling/other fee - too much on top of a bloated price already. Seems like they never heard of envelopes.

Synonym of very high shipping prices is "I don't want your business." An amp head kit is like 200$ to ship from Mojotone to Canada... (O RLY?) Maybe they're not staffed to handle the few hundreds 4$ orders they'd get - making it not profitable for them. But I shipped an AxeFx recently (in a road case), insured with bulletproof/oversized packaging and it was about 35$.

Anyway, already ordered the 8-strings Blackouts set from PA and it was 14$ to ship, no hard feelings.