Bill V Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 This had bugged me since I got my G-400 a month ago. Take a close look at the relationship between the bridge pickup and the strings. Does this look right to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill V Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 To clarify my question, should the top of the pickup run parallel to the strings or should there be an angle as shown in photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Do you mean string height? It looks like you might need to lower that bridge a llittle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Parallel to strings, but that's just my opinion. Lift the PU by removing the pickup-ring screws, , and slip a strip of rubber foam in the routing-cavety, bridge side. Edit: You really don't want any angle with your strings. Optimal PU- height is adjusted in (red)**** hair increments, so the last thing you want is to have different heights for each side of the PU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitmore Willy Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Hello Brad, Not quite sure how much difference it makes. I know that sometimes the spring that surrounds the height screw can get tweeked to one side and cause the pickup to lean slightly. I have heard of some people replacing the springs with surgical tubing, maybe thats why. Don't know for sure. What I do know is that the starting point for balancing pickups is to press the string on the last fret and measure the distance to the pickup. Neck is 3/32 at closest point and bridge is 1/16. The rest is balance and taste. Just remember that the closer to the string the more possibility of distortion. I might add, that strings are metal and the pickup is magnetic. If the pickup is too close it can stop string vibration premature and reduce sustain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 that look exactly like every other gibson SG I've ever seen, including my own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankS1281734010 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 **** hair? haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickblues1 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Had the same issue with my DOT, only more pronounced. The rout is real tight against the lower back edge of the metal pickup cover. I did not want to mess with the wood. I bent the bottom edge of the pickup cover a bit and now it is parallel to the strings and not the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitmore Willy Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Ricochet, Like the rubber foam idea. I've had this problem before, just never gave it much thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill V Posted March 29, 2008 Author Share Posted March 29, 2008 Thanks guys. It's definitely a result of spring tension. I decided to do what Nickblues did and now the pickup is closer to being parallel with the strings. I'll readjust the pickup height as soon as I finish restringing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 it's the pole pieces that count. If they are close, (the right distance) and fairly level, it works. foam underneath is what I like to use. just for looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshyguitar93 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 well mines parralell but as long as the sound is ok it should be fine ay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biff Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 In my Dot the neck pickup ring and the pickup are slightly tilted forward because the top there is slightly curved down and towards the neck. So when installed the right way the pickup ring isn't parallel with the strings. I'm going to flip the ring backwards next time I change the strings, that's how I've heard it's been fixed on the Gibson archtops from the day one. Besides, it looks cool to have something installed the wrong way which happens to be the historically correct way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe2Grind123 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Optimal PU- height is adjusted in (red)**** hair increments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoop Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I really don't think it has much to do with spring tension or anything, it's just that some genius decided way back, when the pickups and guitars were being designed, to use just one screw in the middle on either side to adjust their height! Now if there were two screws on either side, it would allow for much more finite adjustment, because you could adjust the pickups front to back, and side to side, so you could get them sitting parallel with the strings, and at the right height! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar232007 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I have the same "problem" with mine ('02 LP Standard Plus). It actually has nothing to do with the springs, but the mounting rings them selves. The fact is, the MRs on Epis are NOT the same as Gibson's, in that, they are thinner, and of lower quality. Gibson uses thicker, higher quality rings, while Epi used the thinner, run of the mill rings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe2Grind123 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 LOL this thread is a year old - the THREAD DIGGER strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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