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Originally Posted by Avery Roberts
I’ve seen some pretty dramatic differences in string to string output of an unadjusted humbucker using an SPL meter. These adjustments can help compensate for that, but with some higher output pickups, I haven’t been able to get some stings, usually the low E and the B to balance out no matter what. They are still louder than the others.
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01-15-2024 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Avery Roberts
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Originally Posted by ThatRhythmMan
It's even more pronounced on a floater, I have been through three on mine and so far the Armstrong with 12 polices is the only one I've been able to balance correctly.
I suppose you could adjust your picking for loud strings, on an archtop that is usually the second for me. The problem is I have a couple of vintage Fenders- and on those I need to adjust for the third string! As I have said here before, and maybe even on this thread. So even string volume is a big help.
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Talking about the pole screws: Pat Metheny had loose screws – or no screws at all! – in September 9th 1979 with Joni and Jaco at Santa Barbara Bowl.
Does somebody know more about his pole screw adjustments?
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Here is my Classic 57 converted into a neck mounted floater. There were a number of things that had to be done. Cutting off the legs for the mounting screws, filing down the cover so that it was flush with the bottom plate of the pickup, cutting a relief in the side of the cover so that the pick up wire could exit from the side rather than the bottom due to clearance issues against the top of the guitar, cutting down the pole piece screws so that they don't project through the bottom of the pickup into the top, fabricating and mounting a bracket. This was done, as you can see, with three flathead brass screws, and there is also epoxy between the bracket and the pickup cover.
Pros and cons: the pro, of course, is it you have the Classic 57 pickup on an archtop guitar which sounds pretty good. The cons are that the pickup is a half an inch tall, this basically fills the space from the top all the way to the surface of the fingerboard. Meaning that the pickup is in very close proximity to the strings. That gives it a tendency to be rather boomy and bassy. Lots of EQ necessary and there is quite a bit of sensitivity to the sonic characteristics of the room at gigging volumes- at least with my Benedetto style guitar. This did not work particularly well with my tweed Deluxe amp, which is also very bassy; it was better through my AI Clarus 2r and Raezor's Edge Stealth 12.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Jack- yes, the Biltoft pickup is easier, customizable to the application and sounds great, with some choices about the sound you want to get from it. If I had it to do over again, that's the route I'd take. To be honest, all things considered, it's a better plan to buy a pickup designed for this from the get-go.
Gary- yes, very short. IIRC I used a tap, but drilling the holes I hit the coil and broke the wire. I sent it to Kent Armstrong, who repaired it and balanced the coils. He also filed down the screws protruding into the pickup space. See the paragraph above.
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