vindibona1
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Last night I was convinced I needed new pickups for my Epi LP.
But this morning in scouring YouTube for pickup sound samples I came across a vid "How to brighten dark or muddy pickups". One suggestion was to LOWER the pickup and raise the pole pieces. I had always been taught to raise the pickups to brighten the sound. But in a way, the former made sense.
OMG... I cannot believe the difference. There was a chime to the sound that I had not heard before. Lowering the neck pickup brought it more into balance with the bridge.
And as I was all set to find a new set of pickups to order today, I'm going to hold off for a bit. I want to see if I'm still hearing the difference in a day or two when I get to play it in a couple different situations.
Just thought I'd share the experience. It only takes seconds to do. Give it a shot if you're not happy with the sound. FYI, I only did it with the neck pickup. YMMV.
But this morning in scouring YouTube for pickup sound samples I came across a vid "How to brighten dark or muddy pickups". One suggestion was to LOWER the pickup and raise the pole pieces. I had always been taught to raise the pickups to brighten the sound. But in a way, the former made sense.
OMG... I cannot believe the difference. There was a chime to the sound that I had not heard before. Lowering the neck pickup brought it more into balance with the bridge.
And as I was all set to find a new set of pickups to order today, I'm going to hold off for a bit. I want to see if I'm still hearing the difference in a day or two when I get to play it in a couple different situations.
Just thought I'd share the experience. It only takes seconds to do. Give it a shot if you're not happy with the sound. FYI, I only did it with the neck pickup. YMMV.