Thank you for making this video. I was able to salvage my bass that no longer worked because of presumably dead electronics in the active circuit. Now I have a working bass again and it sounds better!
@jonnramos12472 күн бұрын
chiropractic guitar neck technique. it makes the strings feel softer to bend up to the fullest to make the note sound longer. But it sounds dull/muddy when strumming or finger picking because of the loss of tension on the strings.
@JK_L2502 күн бұрын
Humbucker are different to „classic“ Singlecoils. Rising the screws will weaken the output at this string. It is d design issue, completely irrational to common suggestions. The original P.A.F has no adjustable Polpeaces in the Patent, because the inventor knows this behavior. Don’t fiddle with your Polepece hight, instead adjust the Pickup as a whole. Everything else ist contraproductive and a kind of useless.
@Craig52-zq1bt2 күн бұрын
#1. Drill holes for weight reduction. #2. Thin the neck. #3. Straighten the string angles, nut to tuning keys. #4. Buy a guitar with useable ergonomics. Something that was not designed 74 years ago.
@icu4693 күн бұрын
The bridge with the wire is just a very poor design. If you have the intonation screw / wire rattle just replace the bridge with Gotoh tunomatic bridge, it has no wire and more saddle adjustment. You won't have the bridge rattle anymore.
@OniDasAlagoas5 күн бұрын
Thanks for this video, mate. Is there a problem on having the pickups like this? I mean, a tone problem.
@gonebymidnight28815 күн бұрын
you dont press on the last fret?
@les71187 күн бұрын
What to do if i have 3 bolt strat neck?
@NeoMorphUK11 күн бұрын
I’ve got a buzzing bridge (Korean Song-il) and it doesn’t have a wire. It has circlips holding the screws in and they rattle like crazy. So I got a Gotoh GE103B-T set and my oh my is it made a LOT better.
@theblytonian390612 күн бұрын
Three words. Lesser break angle. Two ways of achieving it.
@Fdezco6616 күн бұрын
Super helpful tip. Thanks!
@thegapinglotusexperience125116 күн бұрын
I have the 30 and the 35 - LOVE THEM BOTH!!!
@alexlimbert18 күн бұрын
YOu can also stick toothpicks in the hole and then put the same size screw inside.
@dancotterman126718 күн бұрын
Good insight, some guitars need it some don't. Easy to check and be certain. Appreciate the video. Thanks.
@Yodelinthegully.-19 күн бұрын
You should put the capo directly on the fret.
@DBIIIStudios19 күн бұрын
I prefer direct mounted pickups on looks alone. It looks so clean. I’ve passed on guitars I liked just because I couldn’t get past the pickup rings. The only guitars I’ve actually thought they looked good on were prs.
@Zombie_13x3320 күн бұрын
i use a purple dunlop tortex pick to set my height initially, 1.14, 1.4mm, 1.47?? or something like that. i havent looked at the numbers in a while. great video with lots of little tidbits of info that i love hearing. im not as good of a presenter or speaker as you lol.
@jonnyf904924 күн бұрын
aaaand you can add pickup rings even if they are mounted in the guitar
@jonnyf904924 күн бұрын
it can keep up when u use a threaded insert, than it wont damage
@Fotosaurus5629 күн бұрын
I thought I would try a wound G string. Then I realized why it didn't sound as loud as the others. The core is smaller. So....they will all be switched soon.
@edhauser6052Ай бұрын
all the guys at Sadowsky and PRS and Warwick, im not sure they follow these directions! theyd have to have a whole building dedicated to putting strings on guitars and basses!
@Noah-gq7pqАй бұрын
you do know the human body is a resistor,,when you had your fingers on the connection it might make a difference,,not sure,,but dont ever measure voltage like that,,,whammmo
@wellokayyes1266Ай бұрын
You have to soder just to test strength of pickup??
@christophergallagher531Ай бұрын
hey folks have been doing this since, banjo strings started going on guitars. After you find the sweet spot, you may want to heat up the pole again, then let it cool with out letting it move. This should 'glue' it tight, for you. I am wondering if I can get away with this with a Jazzmaster pick up. The D out put is way low. Thanks.
@chrisvanhoven8562Ай бұрын
I have used threaded inserts - like those from nectite. It improved tonality a lot, maybe cause of better contact between neck and body...
@IIIDontLie2MeIIIАй бұрын
this properly sets the neck into the pocket...my techs been doing this to my guitars awhile...sorry im a little late here...My tech might have seen this back then...bahaha
@FingerBlaster5000Ай бұрын
Is there any way you can draw me a diagram of an HS setup so the bridge humbucker reads 500k and a neck single coil reads 250k using 1 volume pot & 1 tone pot and a 3 way toggle switch? I can't find a diagram nor have I found anybody willing to draw me a diagram. This is the closest video I've found to what I need. It's going into a customized epiphone Les Paul Junior I did. I would be most grateful if you can draw me a diagram so I can visually see it and learn. Cheers.
@edt.5118Ай бұрын
Neck-through Strats?
@keesgroen1814Ай бұрын
Great trick i've been using on my Tele's and Strat for some time now. I remove the pickguard before resetting the neck. Even had to take something off the pickguard near the control plate to make it fit again which shows how much space there is when it leaves the factory. Also acoustically the guitar really sings to you after doing this.
@AedanBlackheartАй бұрын
Nice and clear video
@denattheoakleyoutpost6740Ай бұрын
Does this method hold true for bass guitars as well?
@denattheoakleyoutpost6740Ай бұрын
I used the small knob for the blend pot on the pick guard and it covered the hole completely.
@frankventimiglia6431Ай бұрын
thanx, but you skipped over action at the nut and intonation.
@colinhorwood363Ай бұрын
Hi Kevin glad to see and hear you on the bands. Colin from the UK 😊
@RobertMurphy-wm3geАй бұрын
there are too many videos like this that bash something because the user is not using the item as intended.
@newsongokАй бұрын
Thank you...Great instructional video!
@user-po6yi3yg2jАй бұрын
now you made people more confused, hahaha
@adamschronk3620Ай бұрын
This told me exactly what I needed to know! Much appreciated!
@jayl5941Ай бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to do this, very helpful.
@dburt0021Ай бұрын
I have this Mustang bass. Very informative. Thanks for the video!
@kijekuyo9494Ай бұрын
I got a Jaguar SS shortly after it was discontinued for $320 (originally $199). It is my favorite bass of all time. I sold my others (including a high-end Fender P-Bass) and use only this one now. I wish I had had it long ago. I did replace the pickups, but it didn't really need them. I just wanted a little more power in the bridge pickup.
@kijekuyo9494Ай бұрын
I adore my Jaguar SS and use it as my only bass guitar. It does everything I want beautifully. This is coming from a guy that had a top-of-the-line P-Bass. I think 30" should become the standard.
@user-jq4fz6co8bАй бұрын
I just bought a strat (a squier contemporary with that middle position close to the bridge) and it's got a 12" radius....with staggered pole pieces. Yeah, I dont think they thought it entirely through when they developed the pickups for this series. Dont get me wrong, they sound great, but it's noticeably uneven in output. EADand G will all be fat n juicy, but B and e will sound all wimpy. It sucks because I really like these pickups, but I'm forced to swap em out because of that damn stagger.
@RJD0314Ай бұрын
So, if I have a treble bleed circuit in addition to this, should this pickup be isolated from it? Will the extra resistor in the treble bleed circuit negatively impact my sound?
@clkrthomasАй бұрын
They break so often because the wood used is too low of a density and strength causing it to easily break if dropped. Mahogony is most often used on guitar necks, and it has a 10,600 psi in strength, one of the lowest strength woods used in guitar necks. These woods are of higher strength, Maple - 13,400 psi, Walnut - 14,600 psi, Oak - 15,200 psi, and Hickory - 20,200 psi. So, why Mahogony is used so often when Hickory is twice its strength is what I would like to know. Hickory is the wood that should be used in my opinion.
@joshsmith5448Ай бұрын
Why are you saying 12/64 for the height of the pickup ? 12/64 is the same as 3/16
@ariamartinez73552 ай бұрын
What I personally don’t like about direct mount pickups even when using the brass brackets is, the whole idea is that the pickups are mounted directly to the body therefore creating more resonance. But what end up happening after make your height adjustment is you pickups are no longer in contact with the body only the screws & foam or screw & the Allen adjust screw so what the point??
@blueeyedsoulman2 ай бұрын
Does this work for DiMarzio FS-1?
@lousekoya18032 ай бұрын
Great tutorial , thank you ! Can I change the magnet on a F-spaced Dimarzio Super Distortion ? And where to buy ?
@bobgreen81422 ай бұрын
Very interested in trying this on my Player PJ Mustang bass, either as seen here or just bypassing the switch and putting in a stacked volume control. I'm already getting usable tones, but I know there's more in there!
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Thank you for making this video. I was able to salvage my bass that no longer worked because of presumably dead electronics in the active circuit. Now I have a working bass again and it sounds better!
chiropractic guitar neck technique. it makes the strings feel softer to bend up to the fullest to make the note sound longer. But it sounds dull/muddy when strumming or finger picking because of the loss of tension on the strings.
Humbucker are different to „classic“ Singlecoils. Rising the screws will weaken the output at this string. It is d design issue, completely irrational to common suggestions. The original P.A.F has no adjustable Polpeaces in the Patent, because the inventor knows this behavior. Don’t fiddle with your Polepece hight, instead adjust the Pickup as a whole. Everything else ist contraproductive and a kind of useless.
#1. Drill holes for weight reduction. #2. Thin the neck. #3. Straighten the string angles, nut to tuning keys. #4. Buy a guitar with useable ergonomics. Something that was not designed 74 years ago.
The bridge with the wire is just a very poor design. If you have the intonation screw / wire rattle just replace the bridge with Gotoh tunomatic bridge, it has no wire and more saddle adjustment. You won't have the bridge rattle anymore.
Thanks for this video, mate. Is there a problem on having the pickups like this? I mean, a tone problem.
you dont press on the last fret?
What to do if i have 3 bolt strat neck?
I’ve got a buzzing bridge (Korean Song-il) and it doesn’t have a wire. It has circlips holding the screws in and they rattle like crazy. So I got a Gotoh GE103B-T set and my oh my is it made a LOT better.
Three words. Lesser break angle. Two ways of achieving it.
Super helpful tip. Thanks!
I have the 30 and the 35 - LOVE THEM BOTH!!!
YOu can also stick toothpicks in the hole and then put the same size screw inside.
Good insight, some guitars need it some don't. Easy to check and be certain. Appreciate the video. Thanks.
You should put the capo directly on the fret.
I prefer direct mounted pickups on looks alone. It looks so clean. I’ve passed on guitars I liked just because I couldn’t get past the pickup rings. The only guitars I’ve actually thought they looked good on were prs.
i use a purple dunlop tortex pick to set my height initially, 1.14, 1.4mm, 1.47?? or something like that. i havent looked at the numbers in a while. great video with lots of little tidbits of info that i love hearing. im not as good of a presenter or speaker as you lol.
aaaand you can add pickup rings even if they are mounted in the guitar
it can keep up when u use a threaded insert, than it wont damage
I thought I would try a wound G string. Then I realized why it didn't sound as loud as the others. The core is smaller. So....they will all be switched soon.
all the guys at Sadowsky and PRS and Warwick, im not sure they follow these directions! theyd have to have a whole building dedicated to putting strings on guitars and basses!
you do know the human body is a resistor,,when you had your fingers on the connection it might make a difference,,not sure,,but dont ever measure voltage like that,,,whammmo
You have to soder just to test strength of pickup??
hey folks have been doing this since, banjo strings started going on guitars. After you find the sweet spot, you may want to heat up the pole again, then let it cool with out letting it move. This should 'glue' it tight, for you. I am wondering if I can get away with this with a Jazzmaster pick up. The D out put is way low. Thanks.
I have used threaded inserts - like those from nectite. It improved tonality a lot, maybe cause of better contact between neck and body...
this properly sets the neck into the pocket...my techs been doing this to my guitars awhile...sorry im a little late here...My tech might have seen this back then...bahaha
Is there any way you can draw me a diagram of an HS setup so the bridge humbucker reads 500k and a neck single coil reads 250k using 1 volume pot & 1 tone pot and a 3 way toggle switch? I can't find a diagram nor have I found anybody willing to draw me a diagram. This is the closest video I've found to what I need. It's going into a customized epiphone Les Paul Junior I did. I would be most grateful if you can draw me a diagram so I can visually see it and learn. Cheers.
Neck-through Strats?
Great trick i've been using on my Tele's and Strat for some time now. I remove the pickguard before resetting the neck. Even had to take something off the pickguard near the control plate to make it fit again which shows how much space there is when it leaves the factory. Also acoustically the guitar really sings to you after doing this.
Nice and clear video
Does this method hold true for bass guitars as well?
I used the small knob for the blend pot on the pick guard and it covered the hole completely.
thanx, but you skipped over action at the nut and intonation.
Hi Kevin glad to see and hear you on the bands. Colin from the UK 😊
there are too many videos like this that bash something because the user is not using the item as intended.
Thank you...Great instructional video!
now you made people more confused, hahaha
This told me exactly what I needed to know! Much appreciated!
Thanks for taking the time to do this, very helpful.
I have this Mustang bass. Very informative. Thanks for the video!
I got a Jaguar SS shortly after it was discontinued for $320 (originally $199). It is my favorite bass of all time. I sold my others (including a high-end Fender P-Bass) and use only this one now. I wish I had had it long ago. I did replace the pickups, but it didn't really need them. I just wanted a little more power in the bridge pickup.
I adore my Jaguar SS and use it as my only bass guitar. It does everything I want beautifully. This is coming from a guy that had a top-of-the-line P-Bass. I think 30" should become the standard.
I just bought a strat (a squier contemporary with that middle position close to the bridge) and it's got a 12" radius....with staggered pole pieces. Yeah, I dont think they thought it entirely through when they developed the pickups for this series. Dont get me wrong, they sound great, but it's noticeably uneven in output. EADand G will all be fat n juicy, but B and e will sound all wimpy. It sucks because I really like these pickups, but I'm forced to swap em out because of that damn stagger.
So, if I have a treble bleed circuit in addition to this, should this pickup be isolated from it? Will the extra resistor in the treble bleed circuit negatively impact my sound?
They break so often because the wood used is too low of a density and strength causing it to easily break if dropped. Mahogony is most often used on guitar necks, and it has a 10,600 psi in strength, one of the lowest strength woods used in guitar necks. These woods are of higher strength, Maple - 13,400 psi, Walnut - 14,600 psi, Oak - 15,200 psi, and Hickory - 20,200 psi. So, why Mahogony is used so often when Hickory is twice its strength is what I would like to know. Hickory is the wood that should be used in my opinion.
Why are you saying 12/64 for the height of the pickup ? 12/64 is the same as 3/16
What I personally don’t like about direct mount pickups even when using the brass brackets is, the whole idea is that the pickups are mounted directly to the body therefore creating more resonance. But what end up happening after make your height adjustment is you pickups are no longer in contact with the body only the screws & foam or screw & the Allen adjust screw so what the point??
Does this work for DiMarzio FS-1?
Great tutorial , thank you ! Can I change the magnet on a F-spaced Dimarzio Super Distortion ? And where to buy ?
Very interested in trying this on my Player PJ Mustang bass, either as seen here or just bypassing the switch and putting in a stacked volume control. I'm already getting usable tones, but I know there's more in there!