44+ Chrome Vs Nickel Pickup Covers Background. Nickel is more vintage, chrome for more modern look. Raw nickel silver is sonically the most transparent, nickel and gold plate next with chrome having the most attenuating effect as it's the heaviest plate.some players claim chrome is.

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I bought this to cover up a friend's cheap pickup and it gave the guitar such a decent soap bar look in chrome. Pros & cons to leave it on vs. I can have it nickel plated for free.

Keep in mind, humbuckers are not all equal in size as different pickups have different width spacing.

Electroless nickel can be baked and the result is a hardness near hard chrome. But nickel will oxidize and start to haze and get cloudy looking and dull (especially where your hand rests if you are talking bridge pickup), whereas chrome will look the same. Raw nickel silver is sonically the most transparent, nickel and gold plate next with chrome having the most attenuating effect as it's the heaviest plate.some players claim chrome is. Find great deals on ebay for pickup chrome cover.