Will a pickup made for a six string work on a 3 string cbg without modifying it?
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Indeed , even if it is a 6 pole single pickup , the mag field radiates outward , so it will still pick up strings between poles or not perfectly aligned over the poles .
Some folks slant the pickup to make it line up better , or look a bit better , this also helps accent bass tone and bright tones . depending which way it is slanted .
To get more bass do you angle the bass half toward the bridge?
Either end tilted towards the neck will give you a warmer tone on that end .
Toward the bridge will give you a brighter tone on that end . So if you want more bass on the bass end .. tilt that end toward the bridge .
They also work just fine straight .. and the same applies to the entire pickup and it's mounting position . Mounted towards the neck will give you a overall warmer tone. Mounted toward the bridge will give you a brighter overall tone.
hope that helps.
Thanks Picker, is there a difference in the multiple pickups other then position on the guitar? Are they wound different, more winds, bigger gauge wire? I have a chance to buy an old beatup elec ax cheap for parts.
Hi Will, good quality pickups can be wound to better suit their position under the strings, but I think you'll find most are not and it would not be that noticeable on a CBG.
normally the pickup near the bridge has brighter tones and as you go towards the neck the responce gets mellower, even with the same pickup. Like picking an acoustic guitar close to the bridge compared to picking over the soundhole area, for example.
Taff
Yup Will. Some actually have different output ratings . (sometime written on the back of the pickup . ) some you can't really tell but are still marked (neck , mid, bridge,) etc . some are all the same pickup . Depends on the guit .
If it's an old teisco / mij guitar and unmarked . it's probably all the same pup.
If you are pondering for example , ripping out 2 or 3 pickups and using them as single pickups on 2 or 3 guitars . and wondering if you have to put them in the original position etc .. no . you can put any in whatever position you want . any difference due to output ratings will not be that noticeable .
Thanks for all the great information and advice "everyone"(Taff) what I'm looking at is some kids grinder that I'm waiting on a major major price reduction before I buy it. Its really beat up, at present its $40. When it's reduced to $10-15 my name is on it with my number. Don't know brand it's just totally parts(cheap fender look a like, guitar hero POS).
LOL That's why you Make the big bucks and I don't! In my neck of the woods I'd be busted for running a guitar "Chop Shop" with all the meth and crackheads running around. That is a good idea though. I just started looking because of a request for that type of pickup. Thanks
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