Taming up the beast

Discussion in 'Guitar Gear Talk Forum' started by yazi, Apr 29, 2007.

  1. tallkien

    tallkien DIY GURU

    OK this how Mr Bill Lawrence himself advises pickup height adjustments. Place a nickel (1.5 mm coin) above the bridge pup on the treble side and adjust till the string touches the coin and then double that on the base side. Once this is done you adjust the neck pickup accordingly so you get similar output levels.

    I feel this is a reasonable starting point, your personal taste may vary. I've found raising the pickups too much although gives you very high gain and makes those power chords really sing, but too much and you start to lose articulation on the higher strings. I personally don't mind a little loss of power for that much more sensitivity.

    I have setup a friends strat and yup it is a pain. All I can say is do it on a day you are in a good mood coz you need a lot of patience with it. By the way if you want replacement pups for a strat I recommend Bill's 280SN/280SM/290SL. these are not very powerful but they are much broader range than stock Strat pups, I love them! If you need a reference, Eric Johnson is know to play these or if you want more power try the 290SN/290SM/298SL set. plus they're noisless
     
  2. thehundredthone

    thehundredthone Well-Known Member

    I can barely bend a whole note on my classical guitar.

    Dunno, how low are we talking?

    Which part?
     
  3. yazi

    yazi Banned

    pretty low
    And sorry about that 2nd para
     
  4. god_of_guitar

    god_of_guitar New Member

    ibanezrules also has a nice lesson on setting up edge pro guitars!!
     
  5. angel_of_sin

    angel_of_sin bassist.....

    i got a nice lil parrot nt a beast....................dint even hve to tame it........................
     
  6. laneymaney

    laneymaney Banned

    i think your spamming is going a little too far. every spammer knows when to stop. Dont disgrace us.

    On topic: I have an EDGEIII on my Ibanez. Its great but i read somewhere you can put the whole string (incl ball ends) into the tremolo..is that tr00?
     
  7. yazi

    yazi Banned

    Last I saw, guys used to put strings the other way round. U know, the ball end on the tuners.
     
  8. laneymaney

    laneymaney Banned

    Thats how the Jackson ex-lutheir said it shud be done
     
  9. angel_of_sin

    angel_of_sin bassist.....

    ^^whose he??????????
     
  10. laneymaney

    laneymaney Banned

    He is a Jackson EX Luthier.
     
  11. yazi

    yazi Banned

    Who are you talking about?
     
  12. laneymaney

    laneymaney Banned

    Some jackson lutheir guy. he posted a nice video on floyd rose guitars n stuff! dont remember the website. he said that using the ball ends on the tuner heads does not damage it
     
  13. angel_of_sin

    angel_of_sin bassist.....

    bt still man...........cant we just put our strings da right way..........i mean da normal way.........wat da prob??????????
     
  14. laneymaney

    laneymaney Banned

    ^LOL, this is for FLOYD ROSE guitars....omg
     
  15. angel_of_sin

    angel_of_sin bassist.....

    heheehehehehe.............
     
  16. yazi

    yazi Banned

    what hehehehehehehhehehehhehehehehehehehehehehehehhe?
     
  17. angel_of_sin

    angel_of_sin bassist.....

    i got a bd sense of humour man .......... nd u knw it...................^^^
     
  18. laneymaney

    laneymaney Banned

    bad sense of humour....or no touch with reality (doped out) lolz!
     
  19. angel_of_sin

    angel_of_sin bassist.....

    me nt a dopey...........so i guess its a bd sense of humour.....................:)
     

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