Pickup Muting

This is just a general question. I'm a poor college student and I don't have the money to really do the mods to my guitar that I want. But if I wanted to say, mute out a humbucker on my Epiphone Dot Studio, could I just put tape over it? Like gaff tape or something? The reason I ask is because I think this is what Tom Delonge did for a while before he got his signature Strat. Anywho, leave me some feedback, for this is post numero uno for me.

I'm a noob, deal with it biach.

Originally Posted by: goten65... But if I wanted to say, mute out a humbucker on my Epiphone Dot Studio, could I just put tape over it? ...

[font=trebuchet ms]Uhh, is there some reason you can't just turn it down?[/font] :confused:

or flip a switch?

Why have a humbucker if you're not going to use it?....

What is it exactly you're trying to achieve by "muting" a humbucker? If you could clarify we could probably give you more helpfully advice.

um yeahhhhhh i would NOT put anything on your pups. definatly just turn it down. or use headphones!

but i really wouldnt put things on the pups.

What I'm suggesting involves my Epiphone Dot Studio. It has a bridge and a neck humbucker. What I'm wanting to acheive is a Tom Delonge esque sound like his Gibson ES-335 reissue but without spending lots of money on a Dirty Fingers overwound humbucker. The problem is not that my guitar is too loud, i just want to eliminate the mixing that takes place between the two humbuckers and get a single raw sound out of my bridge pickup.

When you turn down or switch off the neck pickup all you are playing thru is the bridge.