Microphonic vintage pickups

[ilan]

The pickups on my 75/77 Jazz are very microphonic. Mid-70's grey bottoms. Any trick other than a rewind? Thx

[Pilgrim]

The pickups on my 75/77 Jazz are very microphonic. Mid-70's grey bottoms. Any trick other than a rewind? Thx

Maybe pot them with paraffin.  That's often cited as a remedy for microphonic pickups.

There are many places where the process is described, but here's the Stew-Mac version:

http://www.stewmac.com/How-To/Online_Resources/Pickups_and_Electronics/Wax_potting_pickups.html

[amptech]

Or laquer.. I use a drop of laquer every 100M when winding pickups. Sometimes if i forget it, i just put
on some laquer when the whole coil is finished, works fine too!

But a quick repair of a broken coil can be more difficult with laquer ´potting´- I just think the hot paraffin wax treatment is a bit messy.

[Granny Gremlin]

Old Firebird pups are insanely microphonic..... and I like them that way. 

I wonder if they were potted/can potting sometimes not be enough to eliminate the issue?

[dadagoboi]

Old Firebird pups are insanely microphonic..... and I like them that way. 

I wonder if they were potted/can potting sometimes not be enough to eliminate the issue?

60's TBird pickups weren't potted by Gibson, just some black gunk to hold the coils in place in the covers.  Potting is SOP for today's clones.  I've installed close to 125 ThunderBuckers in the last few years without a squeal from any of them.  Combined with metal covers and bases for total shielding it makes them dead quiet.