tape behind pickup?

[Devon8822]

The previous owner must have put it on, theres a piece of electrical tape behind my single coil on my Ibanez Jem, it is covering the magnets from the back... what is it for?

[ryanb]

Peel it off and see what falls out.

[Clonetool]

Thats where you hide the bees. Steve has it on his pickups too.

[buddroyce]

It was probably an attempt to cut back on micophonic feedback as the electrical tape is some sort of insulator. No idea how effective it is though.

[David McCarroll]

Originally Posted by ryanb

Peel it off and see what falls out.

Hear hear!

you can sometimes get an electric-sounding click when your finger touches the polepiece on a pickup - perhaps this was happening and the previous owner assumed it was happening because the polepieces may have been touching the shielding paint in the cavity.....

.... otherwise I go with the bees too ..........