ingenius Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Guys, just picked up a 1997 De-armond starfire Bass in cherry red, a quick clean and set up with new strings and its lovely. Question : the Pickups still have like a rubber / plastic cover on them.. is this normal or can it come of ?? WTF is it for ? to stop them going rusty with sweat ?? thanks in advance and regards Keith M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 [quote name='ingenius' post='1186130' date='Apr 2 2011, 08:00 PM']Guys, just picked up a 1997 De-armond starfire Bass in cherry red, a quick clean and set up with new strings and its lovely. Question : the Pickups still have like a rubber / plastic cover on them.. is this normal or can it come of ?? WTF is it for ? to stop them going rusty with sweat ?? thanks in advance and regards Keith M[/quote] I don't know but mine had the covers too, like two flaps of very thin transparent plastic over each pickup. I just left them as they were. Wish I hadn't sold it, it was a special bass. Got my eye on the Hagstrom Viking now though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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