adjustable pole screws on pups

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SCREEM

Discussion Starter · Sep 5, 2006

Anyone mess with these? I only mess with pickup height and the differences are major, but i doubt hearing the difference in pole heights

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Jeff Flowerday

· #2 · Sep 5, 2006

Absolutely. To get a proper output balance across all strings it must be done. I've done it to all my HB guitars.

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SCREEM

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 5, 2006

Jeff Flowerday said:
Absolutely. To get a proper output balance across all strings it must be done. I've done it to all my HB guitars.

How did you do it? voltage meter or just by ear?

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Jeff Flowerday

· #4 · Sep 5, 2006

SCREEM said:
How did you do it? voltage meter or just by ear?

Just by ear, I just played the open strings individually and adjusted accordingly.

Your B is the most powerful so requires a lower adjustment. D and A aren't too strong so they usually need to be raised up.

I then just play the guitar and tweak as necessary if I feel a particular string is too strong or too weak.

Jeff

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SCREEM

Discussion Starter · #5 · Sep 5, 2006

Thx Jeff, I'll try it tonight.

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Robert1950

· #6 · Sep 5, 2006

Jeff Flowerday said:
Absolutely. To get a proper output balance across all strings it must be done. I've done it to all my HB guitars.

Yes I would like to know to. I've tried it once with some success, but it could still use some tweaking,... well maybe a little more than some.

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SCREEM

Discussion Starter · #7 · Sep 5, 2006 (Edited)

Well i plugged into the clean chanel of my boogie with my PRS's volume rolled back a tad, and sure enough the D string was much lower output than the G & B string. I had to raise the D pole alot to match the G...also the high E was weak.

For my PRS neck pup:

Low E...normal

A...raised slightly

D...OMG way up!

G...normal

B...slightly lowered

High E...medium raise.

Thanks again Jeff, I could clearly tell wich had weak output.

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Yerffej

· #8 · Sep 6, 2006

good job, I too have done that on all my humbuckers. there is lots of reading about it on the internet if you do a search

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dwagar

· #9 · Sep 6, 2006

I always start with the fretboard radius, alternating the angle of the screwdriver slots:
\ / \ / \ /

then adjust by ear, whole pickup first, then individual poles.

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JSD's Guitar Shack

· #10 · Sep 7, 2006

dwagar said:
I always start with the fretboard radius, alternating the angle of the screwdriver slots:
\ / \ / \ /

then adjust by ear, whole pickup first, then individual poles.

Thats the way I do 'em too....:food-smiley-004:

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