Check the photo and please help me how to make those pickups shine like new again! Bought less than one year ago. It's alnico pickups. http://imageshack.us/f/710/dscf6546k.jpg/

Clean them with a rag? Its just grime, nothing too difficult....

I've tried to clean that with everything. Even with steel wool. Nothing happens, it's curious.

You could buy new pickup covers any time. Seems they have some nickel component.
Maybe try some chrome polish.

Cheers,
Robin

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Chrome polish could be a great idea.. Hope the liquid doesn't interfere with those magnets and sound.
Thanks a lot Robin!

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Fender Stratocaster Blacktop Sonic Blue MIM
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Yamaha THR10
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Blacktops have chrome pickups, the floyd rose version has black dual coils...

Chrome? You mean white?

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Fender Stratocaster Blacktop Sonic Blue MIM
Fender American Elite Stratocaster HSS
Fender Stratocaster VC BTP MIJ
Yamaha THR10
Vox AC15 Limited Edition
"Sing to Him a new song;play skillfully on the strings,with loud shouts"

hahaha the cover is chrome, the pickup itself I don't know! might be black

I clean mine after every use when I wipe down my guitar. I also do a thorough cleaning when I do a string change. I basically use a very fine microfiber towel on them. I will know in another 8 months if they get that worn look. Unfortunately thee chrome will start getting scratches on them and they will bever have that brand new look.

In your case, since you used steel wool, they may never have that polished chrome look again. There is the option to buy new chrome covers, just make sure that they are "F" spaced.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

Welcome.

From what I can deduce by looking at the picture, the chrome plating is partially worn down to the base metal and in other areas, preparing to blister off to the base metal. Or to put it another way, the chrome is essentially shot. At best, all a metal polish will do is to remove what's left of the chrome plating down to the base metal. Your problem would be compounded here for as a result of the heavy playing evident on the edges of those covers, there will never be a uniform shine again as even the base metal is worn into. Being that they are imported pickups, it is doubtful that the base metal, even without the pick wear, would ever shine up to any semblance of a 'like-new' appearance any way.

All pickup covers are not uniform in their dimensions and polepiece spacings. You'd have to do some meticulous measuring and research in order to replace them exactly. Your real considerations here boil down to time and cost effectiveness.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

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