Members thebrownkey Posted January 28, 2007 Members Share Posted January 28, 2007 one of my strats has nice sounding pups but they are staggered. so if i dont set the strings height to follow the curvature of the fretboard then the overall response is not smooth. by keeping the strings rather straight across the board i end up with overpowering bass on the low strings/notes and rather thin high strings. i dont want to lower the bass side so much to even it out, so i was thinking about flipping the pups around to get things happening. ive always wanted to try it but figured id ask here first. anyone try this? pros/cons? im sure it willhelp with the balance issue, and like mentioned ive been really curious as to how much thump it adds to the higher strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thebrownkey Posted January 29, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 bump- anyone tried this? bueller?cosmo?mon-chee-chee? what about grape ape? oogady boogady? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Suspicious Mail Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 I dunno if putting lefty pups in a righty strat makes a noticeable difference or not... I know they make and sell them, though. So here's a bump, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thebrownkey Posted January 29, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 im sure it wont dramatically change things, but im going to find out tomorrow if it will balance things out the way i need with staggered pups they sound great if you follow the fetboard curve and slightly lower the bass side, but this neck is not a deep radius and i keep the strings at a more flat angle. so im hoping the high pole pieces for the bass strings will give some meat to the high B&E strings - while the shorter pole pieces for the high strings will mellow out the bass on this one ive been wanting to swap the middle tone control to the bridge anyway, so while things are apart tomorrow ill flip the pups and find out as well. so thanks for the bump, hopefully somone whos done this can fill us in for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FFStratophile Posted January 29, 2007 Members Share Posted January 29, 2007 People say that it's a key ingredient in Hendrix's sound... What the heck, give it a try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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