How high should my bridge pickup be?
How high should my bridge pickup be?
For standard, full-size humbuckers, a reasonable starting point for the bridge pickup is at least 1/16″ (1.5mm) from the high E and 5/64″ (2 mm) from the low E. There are no recommended distances for the other 4 strings.
How high are Fender pickups?
Start by setting all of your guitar pickups to 3/32” (0.093”, 2.38mm) on the bass side and 2/32” (1/16”, 0.0625”, 1.98mm) on the treble side. Remember, this is the space between the top of the pole piece and the bottom of the string, held down at the last fret.
How high should my neck pickup be?
Today Gibson recommends 1/16″ (1.6 mm) for the bridge pickup and 3/32″ (2.4 mm) for the neck. My own preference is to start with 3/32″ (2.4 mm) on the bass side and 1/16″ (1.6 mm) on the treble side for both bridge and neck humbuckers. If you have very powerful humbuckers, lower the pickup height a tad.
What happens if pickup is too high?
Setting your pickup height too high will cause your magnets to push and pull your strings out of tune. Here’s a quick way to tell if this is happening to you: play the Low E string at a high fret (15th fret is a good one to start at). You might hear a “warbling” sound. That sound is your magnet fighting your string.
What is pickup height?
Why Pickup Height Matters: Set to the correct height, your pickup’s magnets create a strong magnetic field that gives your guitar the tone that you love. Set too high, and your pickups can push and pull your strings out of tune. The Magnetic Field is not optimized when the pickup is set too low.
Are Jazzmaster pickups loud?
Noise levels on a Jazzmaster are higher than on a Strat pickup due to its larger surface area. You can expect more 60 cycle hum than a typical Fender (more of a P90 level hum), but Jazzmasters were always RWRP sets, which reduced the hum when the pickups were used together.
What kind of pickups does a Jazzmaster have?
| Fender Jazzmaster | |
|---|---|
| Fretboard | Rosewood Maple |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | “Floating” proprietary Vibrato |
| Pickup(s) | Two Jazzmaster pickups |
Can you fit humbuckers in a Jazzmaster?
Lollar Pickups has announced Regal for Jazzmaster, a new set of humbucking pickups designed to easily drop-in to Fender’s classic offset electric guitar, without the need for re-routing.