I recently received an email from one of my pickup affectionados in germany asking a question that i realized is of ultimate importance in strat tone.
Strat ceramic pickup height.
Remember this is the space between the top of the pole piece and the.
And getting your pickups to this ballpark setting is actually quite easy.
Setting the pickup height too high can cause interference with your guitar strings 2 setting pickup height too low.
How to adjust set pickup height on a stratocaster for ultimate strat tone.
Setting your pickup height too low would cause your pickup not to be optimized for your guitar.
I put some seymour duncan pickups ssl1 alnico 5 on my fender strat and i just bought a squier telecaster bullet with the basic ceramic pickups both use the same kind of strings and both have locking tuners and both body are poplar wood and the difference is there.
The best place to start for pickup height adjustment.
With a sharp pencil mark the current height of the pickup where it emerges from the pickguard.
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.
We ve found 3 32 of an inch 2 381mm is a good place to start.
As long as you leave the tape on the covers you can always return to the old adjustments within seconds.
But every pickup and guitar manufacturer has their own specifications.
Your magnetic field floats above the pickup and if your strings are out of the field you won t get a rich full tone.