Epiphone LPC neck pickup angle, how to fix

[DeafDumbBlind Kid]

Probably the only issue I have wtih my recent purchase. Since I've yet to turn a sngle screw on this guitar, a small problem that I'm sure has a hopefully simple solution.

I've noticed an anomaly in the plugged in (via audio interface, no amps yet in new apartment) that has an analogy to the symptioms of Stratitis or excess magnet pull from proxmity to string. When I looked at the neck pickup, the polepiece side of the pickup cover is much higher than the slug (plain) side. The bridge pickup and pickup ring are fine, nearly parallel to the string. The pickup ring of the neck pickup is fine, it is nearly parallel to the strings.

How do you fix the angle of the pickup in the pickup ring?

Epiphone Les Paul Custom neck pickup and ring

Epiphone Les Paul Custom bridge pickup and ring

for comparison, here's my R9 pickups and rings

Gibson R9 neck pickup and ring

Gibson R9 bridge pickup and ring

 

[DaveR]

Pull the strings off, remove the pickup ring screws and see how it sits in the route. Could be that the wood isn't routed quite enough for the pickup to sit straight. Are the pickup legs or the pickup cover rubbing the wood anywhere? The pickup ring may be slightly off center over the hole. Assuming it's not too far out of wack, it would be easy to remove a little wood from the inside of the route to fit better. It's not really a hard thing to fix for a luthier or woodworker, but if you've never done anything like that, might want to consult a professional.

Or the pickup could be flopping around in there and have plenty of room to sit straight and it could just be gravity or the wiring pushing it to one side. If that's the case you could shim it a little with a piece of foam or move the wires a bit to straighten it out. Hopefully this is the problem and it's a really easy fix!

 

[Rocco Crocco]

I would remove the pickup and play with the springs to see if you can get it straighter. Maybe even try different springs.

 

[WaywerdSon]

I would remove the pickup and play with the springs to see if you can get it straighter. Maybe even try different springs.

Pickup springs are of the devil. There are at least 5 somewhere on the carpet in my office, but I have yet to see them get caught in the vacuum filter

 

[CB91710]

Pickup springs are of the devil. There are at least 5 somewhere on the carpet in my office, but I have yet to see them get caught in the vacuum filter

They're almost as bad as e-clips on saddle screws.

At least you might find a pickup spring walking barefoot at 2am.

 

[JESimons]

contact Dave @ https://www.fretsonthenet.com/ and have a custom set of rings made.. explain to him exactly what you want..

 

[DeafDumbBlind Kid]

contact Dave @ https://www.fretsonthenet.com/ and have a custom set of rings made.. explain to him exactly what you want..

hmm, you got me wondering.