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Oct 29 2016, 09:34 AM |
What is your best process for finding the sweet spot with pickup height.
My Tyler sounds great on the single coils but I'm not liking the bridge humbucker tone. I'm ok at adjustments that are clear black and white but when it comes to subjective things like tone etc I flounder. -------------------- My SoundCloud
Gear Tyler Burning Water 2K Burny RLG90 with BK Emeralds Fender US Tele with BK Piledrivers Epiphone 335 with Suhr Thornbuckers PRS SE Custom 24-08 Ax8 Fessenden SD10 PSG Quilter TT15 |
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Oct 30 2016, 04:03 PM |
There's no 'rule' about pkup height. You can check for manufacturer suggestions and recommendations but it's really going to come down to how you like it.
There are several variables besides height that can affect pkup tone and response: string gauge, action, bridge style and material, your pick hand technique, your pick, height of and output of the single coils, etc. My Tyler sounds great on the single coils but I'm not liking the bridge humbucker tone. What is it that you don't like about the 'bucker tone? Are the singles in that Tyler normal output or are they 'hot'? (Are they true singles or some type of noiseless?) Here's something you may not have thought about ... Do you have the single coils set high? Are they high output singles? If so, they could be (IMO, will be) choking the vibration of the strings and affect the response of the bridge 'bucker. Single coils exert a decent amount of pull on your strings. Too high and you won't even be able to properly tune or intonate the thing. If they're really 'hot' singles they'll pull even more. This is one of the reasons why a Tele is so unique - only two single coils. Less mag pull than a Strat. An 'Esquire' is even more of it's own animal - one single that is usually over wound because that pickup is at the bridge where magnetic pull has the least affect due to the tautness of the strings at that point in the scale length. I have a HSS Strat. I tried at least a dozen humbuckers in the bridge position before I finally found the one I liked (Seymour Duncan TB-16 '59 Custom Hybrid Trembucker matched with Fender Robert Cray neck and middle). I like my humbucker set lower into the body than probably most folks. I hear it as having more clarity and definition when it's a bit lower. *My singles are generally lower too. Same reason - clarity and definition. I don't notice any undue noise. YMMV. This post has been edited by klasaine: Oct 30 2016, 04:53 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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