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What best way to mount 6 string pick up for a 3 or 4 string guitar?

Having just purchased a cheap 6 string pick up I was wondering what would be best way to mount the pickup on a 3 or 4 string guitar?.
Line up some of the pins with the strings looks kind of wierd though?
or
run it at an angle to cover most bases even though not all strings will be above the pins. How will this effect the way pick up works.
I know the strings are supose to effect the magnetic field ( learnt that here already ) but with them not being aligned above the strings is this still ok?

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Permalink Reply by Sleepy John on November 30, 2012 at 6:13am

I've used these a lot on 6 string round hole acoustic guitars, and sometimes the strings dont line up with the pole pieces. Doesn't make much difference to the sound, just put them so it looks right!

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on November 30, 2012 at 8:03pm

I did mine at an angle and it seems to work quite well. No science involved, I just liked the look.

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on November 30, 2012 at 11:28pm

Here i made a wood surround for a 6 pole mag, the surround covers over the 2 end poles leaving the 4 in the middle. Then i cut an allen wrench down and used that piece as my rail, it just lays on the poles.

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on November 30, 2012 at 11:38pm

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/brickhouse-build

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Permalink Reply by Tom "Broken E String" Sobieski on April 20, 2014 at 11:26pm

Cute ! This appeals to my hacker sensibilities !

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