Members Cliff Fiscal Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 I've tended to notice that a lot of famous players have an extremely low pickup height. If you look at pictures of Jimmy Page or Alex Lifeson......the pickups in their guitars are around the height of the pickup rings or lower. All of my guitars are the opposite. WTF? I don't get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted July 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted July 26, 2007 There used to be a couple of guys in here who jammed together and they had bridge pups on the R8/9s set below the pup ring, but I can't damn well remember why:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 Thats because Les Pauls were made correctly back then and you didnt have to jack the pickups up all the way to account for a screwed up neck angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted July 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 Thats because Les Pauls were made correctly back then and you didnt have to jack the pickups up all the way to account for a screwed up neck angle. You can also see some examples in the new Guitar Player. That must be it......because Strats, Teles, Lps.....etc.....all of them I've had to crank the pickups up pretty good to get it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted July 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted July 26, 2007 Thats because Les Pauls were made correctly back then and you didnt have to jack the pickups up all the way to account for a screwed up neck angle. How does this work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 How does this work? Extreme neck angle = must raise bridge so strings match the angle + must raise pickups so they are somewhat near the strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted July 26, 2007 Moderators Share Posted July 26, 2007 Extreme neck angle = must raise bridge so strings match the angle + must raise pickups so they are somewhat near the strings What has the neck angle changed to from over the last 30 years then? I thought they still used 4-4.5 degrees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted July 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 Extreme neck angle = must raise bridge so strings match the angle + must raise pickups so they are somewhat near the strings My LP Classic was that way........you'll notice this even more on cheapo copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peavey_impact Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 What has the neck angle changed to from over the last 30 years then? I thought they still used 4-4.5 degrees? It probably wasn't a conscious decision; the neck angle is pretty random nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted July 26, 2007 Members Share Posted July 26, 2007 It probably wasn't a conscious decision; the neck angle is pretty random nowadays. Seems that way to me too. Production Gibson TOM bridge heights are all over the place for the same action from "waay up in the air" to "oops, I've run out of downwards adjustment." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 I've tended to notice that a lot of famous players have an extremely low pickup height. If you look at pictures of Jimmy Page or Alex Lifeson......the pickups in their guitars are around the height of the pickup rings or lower. All of my guitars are the opposite. WTF? I don't get it? Just about every HB guitar I've ever bought, the first thing I did was to lower the pickups and set the poles. What's not to get? Set them how you like them. Lower definitely gives you better articulation/note separation in most cases(to a point, anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Volitan Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 Just about every HB guitar I've ever bought, the first thing I did was to lower the pickups and set the poles. What's not to get? Set them how you like them. Lower definitely gives you better articulation/note separation in most cases(to a point, anyway) But you're sacrificing output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 But you're sacrificing output. Well, umm, ya. That's the point. And reason for the difference in tone and articulation.:freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fabstrat Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 ^^^^^^^ and we wonder why singlecoils sound so good...ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members olgluefoot Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 But you're sacrificing output. crank that amp volume! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 crank that amp volume! What a plan, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rock-lobster Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 crank that amp volume! that might just be crazy enough to work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skilo885 Posted July 27, 2007 Members Share Posted July 27, 2007 crank that amp volume! Thats why i always thought they had their pups low to the body...They play at such a loud volume, if they had them close to the strings it would sound muddy as {censored}... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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