bridge spacing

[daboni]

Hi,

I replaced the 500t in my 2004 Explorer with a Duncan JB and the strings are not directly above the poles, far from it. The high E is barely above the last pole at all, so the pickup is smaller the my 500t. Seymour Duncan makes 2 sizes, the smaller being for Gibson guitars, so this should be it...

Am I losing on my sound becouse of the strings not being directly on top of the poles, and should I look for a F-spaced one?

Thanks,

Andy.

[ALIEN8]

how does it sound?

 

Take the guitar to the store and compare with other pickups from SD to see for yourself...

 

It's not 100% critical, but you could be loosing some sound, but it's subjective. Is the high E loud enough when comparted with the other strings?

[daboni]

how does it sound?

 

Take the guitar to the store and compare with other pickups from SD to see for yourself...

 

It's not 100% critical' date=' but you could be loosing some sound, but it's subjective. Is the high E loud enough when comparted with the other strings?

 

[/quote']Yes, I guess it`s high enough, but I keep thinking that I`m loosing some sustain maybe, and so on. Somebody once told me that even if the fraction of a string is going above the pole, I`m ok. Anybodu agrees?

[ALIEN8]

The pole pieces really don't have to be in line with the string, since you have playing in a magnetic field created by the entire pick-up, and not the poles. (Think of a blade pickup, they don't have poles, just one bar covering all strings.) The poles are generally to add concentration to an area where a string is to be able to isolate string intensity. I'd be worried if your high E pole was off in space and your B pole was under the high e. You would still hear the strings just fine, but you wouldn't be able to adjust the intensity of each specific string, just a group.

 

I checked my guitars fitted with after market p/u's, and have found most of mine are the same, the strings are not directly over the poles, and my guitars sound great. As long as your high e is the closest string to the high e pole everything is fine!!

[daboni]

The pole pieces really don't have to be in line with the string' date=' since you have playing in a magnetic field created by the entire pick-up, and not the poles. (Think of a blade pickup, they don't have poles, just one bar covering all strings.) The poles are generally to add concentration to an area where a string is to be able to isolate string intensity. I'd be worried if your high E pole was off in space and your B pole was under the high e. You would still hear the strings just fine, but you wouldn't be able to adjust the intensity of each specific string, just a group.

 

I checked my guitars fitted with after market p/u's, and have found most of mine are the same, the strings are not directly over the poles, and my guitars sound great. As long as your high e is the closest string to the high e pole everything is fine!!

 

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']Thanks very much.