Much like all the rest, this is another important piece of detail I didn't leave out. There's really not much to talk about, but it was important to get the age-correct pickup covers like everything else i've gotten so far for the Black Strat.
Just like their '62 Strat Knobs, Montreux offers a '62 Strat Nylon Pickup Cover Set to complement the knobs. Pretty nice, huh! And there are differences that you might not see right off when looking at them.
These covers were made in the same fashion and material as the knob set they sell. You know it's got to be good!
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| Bottom: Montreux '69 Cover ; Top: Fender Custom Shop '69 Cover |
Note the difference in the mounting holes from the Fender Custom Shop Custom '69 Covers to the Montreux '62 Covers. The Montreux has a countersink, as the Custom Shop does not.
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| L: Montreux '62 Covers ; R: Fender Custom Shop '69 Covers |
Last important difference is the thicknesses in the walls of the covers. On the Montreux covers, the walls are thin all around. As for the Fender Custom Shop Cover, one wall is thin and the opposite wall is in fact, thick! I wonder why they did that and not make it the same thickness all around?
Well that's it for now. Pickup covers are well, covered! This isn't the last of the plastic, right? I know there's something I forgot. It's right on the tip of my tongue. Oh yeah! The Selector Switch tip! I'm sure there can't be anything special with that piece, or is there?
David Sarmiento
