Location for single coil pup

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Permalink Reply by Mark on December 21, 2011 at 8:16pm

Depends on the sort of sound you want.

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Permalink Reply by Vick Griffin on December 21, 2011 at 8:23pm

And?...

Mark said:

Depends on the sort of sound you want.

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Permalink Reply by Grease Stains on December 21, 2011 at 11:13pm

The closer you place the pick up to the bride, the brighter or tinny-er the sound should be.  Close to the neck makes the sound deeper. 
The strings vibrate over a wider area near the neck. If im wrong some one with hopfully correct me here.

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Permalink Reply by Clock The Wolf on December 22, 2011 at 12:28am

          Wouldn't parking my pickup near the bride make the sound all shrill and whiny?

Grease Stains said:

The closer you place the pick up to the bride, the brighter or tinny-er the sound should be.  Close to the neck makes the sound deeper. 
The strings vibrate over a wider area near the neck. If im wrong some one with hopfully correct me here.

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Permalink Reply by Andy Eight Spades CBG on December 22, 2011 at 3:32am

Place it wherever you want. If the graphic is important I don't think it matters much where the pup is, should rock.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on December 22, 2011 at 3:42am

put it inside and pickup the movement of the plate itself rather than the strings ;)

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on December 22, 2011 at 6:51am

what grease  stains said .  closer to  bridge  =tilly sound .. closer to neck ..   more full and  deep ,

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Permalink Reply by Mark on December 22, 2011 at 11:02am

Yup, pretty much what anonymous pick and grease stains are saying. For a pickup close to the bridge, the fundamental frequency of the note you are playing will be relatively low in level but the higher order harmonics will be relatively loud - giving a tone that people might describe as "brighter", "trebley" or "high". For a pickup close to the neck the fundamental will be a louder component of the sound, giving a tone people might describe as "full", "pure" or "booming". (NB. the levels of the different harmonics at the neck position is a more complicated matter)

Maybe that's too much science for what you were contemplating. I'm guessing the main thing that'll influence you is avoiding putting the pickup in the middle of the Route 66 logo.

BTW. if you put the pickup near the bride you won't get any tone at all but you might piss off the groom.

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Permalink Reply by Vick Griffin on December 22, 2011 at 12:00pm

Bingo! We have a winner!

Mark said:

 I'm guessing the main thing that'll influence you is avoiding putting the pickup in the middle of the Route 66 logo.

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on December 22, 2011 at 12:54pm

If it's a neck through the box design, you may have to add an additional board to the neck inside the box, to accommodate the depth of the pickup. If the pickup is near the neck end, you may have to extend the board an inch or so outside the box because you may have cut all the way through the first neck board and the extra inch will make a stronger joint.

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Permalink Reply by Vick Griffin on December 22, 2011 at 2:31pm

Thanks Skeesix, already figuring the extra board inside for added strength.

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Permalink Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on December 22, 2011 at 5:47pm

Hi Jef. I assume this would only work with a steel (ferrous) plate. Sounds like a great idea. Do you have any audio examples of this setup?

The Phrygian Kid said:

put it inside and pickup the movement of the plate itself rather than the strings ;)

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