Pickup adjustment on Guitars and Basses | Guitar Tech Tips | Ep. 12 | Thomann

How close should I adjust the pickups to the strings? How will my guitar / bass sound best? Where's the sweet spot? Why are strat pickups often tilt? Get the answers to all of that and more in this week's Guitar Tech Tips.

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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 pickups too close to the strings
1:14 pickups too far from the strings
1:21 balance the pickups
1:48 how to measure the PU height?
2:00 adjusting single-coil pickups
2:40 low output passive humbuckers
3:12 high output passive humbuckers
3:29 adjusting active pickups
3:56 it's time for a test ride


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