Tips on setting your pickup height! – Never have your guitar sound thin or muddy again
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Give your guitar a new voice by simply adjusting the pickup height!
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0:00 Intro
0:20 Gear
1:21 Low Pickup Height
4:04 Playing Comparison
6:05 High Pickup Height
7:20 Playing Comparison 2
8:06 Intonation Issues
8:52 Two-Channel Guitar Trick
10:01 Conclusion
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Originally posted by UCc88NE-XVLHWNmRa5ekGfXg at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=711exyfIYYw
Great explanation of how to get closer to the sound you want from the guitar. This guy sounds like he knows more about this than 99% of the other guitar YouTubers out there. Big thumbs up and subscription!
I took out BOTH Pups…….i sound MUCH better now.
It entirely depends on preference, style etc. Some guitarists like further away because of the thinner sounds…some like it close. Then there's the Randy Rhoads which was a humbucker extremely close to the strings and it makes the amp sound like it has a blown out speaker. That's actually my preferred sound lol. Yeah shitty taste but I'm rock n roll like that.
oof! my bridge pickup was giving me some muddy signal. found this video, lowered the pickup and we're sounding so much better! thank you!
i let my professional 2 Pickups at factory setting.. If i raise the pickups height it will get more twangy than it already is ????
Factory set up?
Pick up height effects your gain more than anything. Not saying there's not a extremely small difference but speaker choice DOES create alot of the tone….js
Good explanations, with one exception: Theres no actual proof that pickups that are closer to the strings reduce the time that strings vibrate (…the sustain) because of extra "pull" on the strings. This supposed effect apparently in not able to be reproduced in the lab, as are the other (volume & tonal) effects.
Thanks my lespauls neck pickup is muddyIll try this
this was the ultimate video on this topic thank you. I struggle with a low watt tube amp which limits my dynamic range a little, but I think dialing in the height of your pickups is a seriously overlooked control over your tone.
Cheers mate great info
I always let my ears be the eyes to pickup height.
Excellent vid great advice.thanks????
THANK YOU MORE THAN YOU KNOW.
The ears are the best measuring tools.
Some guitars have their neck pickup too bright, and the bridge pickup too bright and the difference between the two is considerable.
I modded my epi ag special with an epi p90 bridge pickup, looks great to me but the p90 is screwed to the body leaving no major height adjustment other than the pole pieces. I didn't like LP or SG humbucker bridge pickups dull sound.
Great video! Really gave me the insight into adjusting pickup height to match the tone I need out of all my guitars!
Plug amp
Into tone sucking attenuator ????♂️????♂️
Boss ge7 can solve more than 90% of electric guitar pickup problems.
It is the coil that “captures the sound” not the magnet. The magnet creates a field that is disrupted when strings move. The changing field then induces a current the coil(s) which creates a voltage across whatever load is connected.
Good lord man GIVE US TABS!!!
Great video. I saw another one on lowering pickups, so I gave it a try. My guitar is a 1956 LP Standard conversion w/ added hum bucking pickups. (No, I didn't mod it! Never would). The sound is incredible that could stun an elephant but now 45 years later, so much of the mud has disappeared, I could play dinner jazz on it. Sounds beautiful. While any pickup sounds good in my guitar, it's awesome to have new, beautiful tones to discover, rather than switching guitars. Big props for this video.
One issue i have and maybe there is someone who can help
I have a harley benton explorer with some hbz humbuckers combined with a fender champion 20. The thing is that when i play on the bridge pickup and play GBE strings, they sound too high pitched no matter what setting i do. Lower the volume from the guitar, the tone, add more bass from amp lower the volume, it will sound loud and high pitched compared to the other strings.
Should i lower the pickpup on the side of GBE strings?
I can't tell you I'm certain, but I'm pretty sure manufacturers set-up guitars for what's best in regards to shipping, in most shops I would expect any guitar you pick up to need some amount of set-up.
Thanks great video
I do enjoy going down the tone rabbit hole. I'd be interested to know by how much the pups were raised and lowered in these examples for a frame of reference!
I have used my ears to set mine. I have been doing it that way since 63.
Let's review some basic physics about how pickups work. Magnets in pickups do not capture anything. They are isolated from the output circuit. They are there to provide a static magnetic field. The coil sees a static field and produces no current. When I string vibrates in this static magnetic field, it disturbs the field. The coil senses the time-varying magnetic field and generates a current to oppose the field change.
Best way to get good tone from a guitar is to stay away from crappy over priced gibsons and fenders
LOL 5k plus in gear… duh
At parties, sometimes people will tell Sebastian that there's a difference between electric and acoustic guitars, and he will nod, like a total gentleman. Only you will know your sacrifice.
Exactly what I need for my project. Thanks.