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Pickup Height

Posted by Rupe Power on October 12, 2017 at 7:10pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

Hello from cool Halifax, Nova Scotia

Building my second guitar but learning to play still number one.

I was wondering if someone can tell me when you install a pickup, I'm installing a 3 pole pickup I bought from CB Gitty (love that site), should it be level with the fret board or frets?

Thanks

Rupe Power

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  • Timothy Hunter October 13, 2017 at 6:32am

    if the neck is fretted then hold down the string at the highest fret and then aim for 3/16 " or 5 mm as a rough starting point. if your pickup is low output then raise it a bit and if the out put is too much then lower a bit. mostly it will depend on the strength of the magnets in the pickup .

    • Rupe Power > Timothy Hunter October 13, 2017 at 8:08am

      Thanks will give that a try

  • Cause the Blue rat October 13, 2017 at 1:03am

    Have the polls anywhere between 5 CM or 3/16 of an inch below your stings. 

    I jammed in a band with a guy who loved his pickups to be as low as he could get them. This way he could turn up his pre amp. He had an all tube Marshall. This allowed him a really smooth sound. The drawback was he lost a lot of the cutting highs out of his sound. 

    • Rupe Power > Cause the Blue rat October 13, 2017 at 8:08am

      Thanks will give that a try

  • darryl kernaghan October 12, 2017 at 8:47pm

    Like Erasmo says, but if you can raise and lower it, or the poles a little, it will give you a bit of fudge room to get it just right, too high and it can weaken sustain a little, too low and the signal might be a touch weaker, generally not a big deal, but adjustment is useful

    • Rupe Power > darryl kernaghan October 13, 2017 at 8:08am

      Thanks

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