Pickup covers on or off

[67plexi]

Back in 2002 I had the Gibson Custom Shop make me a copy of my real 1960 Les Paul Standard received the custom shop copy 2003
the bridge pickup was dead and the neck pickup was dark and muddy sounding I called my friend Jim Rolph and he made me 4 sets of PAF clones
they sound wonderful I wanted a set of double white pickups Jim would not do that for me my real 1960 had double white bobbins
I have a set of Gibson double white custom shop pickups series one should I take the covers off or leave them on ???

 

[fitz]

I have a set of Gibson double white custom shop pickups series one should I take the covers off or leave them on ???

Double whites look cool, but that guitar would look great either way.
I'm also a fan of how zebras look, so...
Covers also affect the magnetic fields to a certain degree, so I'd say try them both ways and see what sounds better.

 

[GrooVey]

Oh man. That’s a tough one.

 

[GrooVey]

Generally I’m a fan of leaving the covers on. But…. Don’t think I’ve seen double white before. And if that’s what the original 60 had?

Sorry I’m no help.

 

[dmatthews]

Is that a set of PRS 59/09s?

 

[iblive]

I personally I like covers on. Aesthetics. No idea if it actually makes a tone diff with or without.

 

[dmatthews]

The only axe I have with covers off is my P22 with uncovered 57/08s. It really grew on me quickly.

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Depends on the guitar, if you wanna match the 60 then ditch em, I say.