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  • #1

    direction of pickup

    Hi everyone,

    I just installed a pickup for the first time. The pickup works and my guitar wasn't destroyed(amazingly) but I am now wondering something: did i put the damn thing in backward? It's a duncan 59 for the neck and it doesn't have anything printed on it. I have the adjustable polepieces facing the bridge. Is this wrong? Does it matter?

    Thanks
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  • #2
    Re: direction of pickup

    Usually, the screws are facing the neck if it's in the neck position, and the bridge when in the bridge postition, but there's no "correct" way. Glad to have you to the forum, and good to know your guitar wasnt destroyed. You know, Dan Rather is a local icon in my town.
    This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. - St. Augustine of Hippo

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    • #3
      Re: direction of pickup

      Just like beendip said usually the screws in a neck position pickup are next to the neck. It doesn't really matter as long as when you split the humbucker (if you do that is) That it sounds right with the other pickups on your guitar.
      boreddddddddddd

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      • #4
        Re: direction of pickup

        Hey guys,

        Thanks for responding! Its a big relief to know I didn't totally screw it up.

        beandip, yeah, dan rather is an icon here as well. I admit it, he was just on TV when I registered and I decided to besmirch his name instead of using my own. My name is really Ted Koppel.

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        • #5
          Re: direction of pickup

          it doesnt really matter THAT much.. i got the 59n in 'reverse' (screws facing the bridge) and it still works without a problem

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          • #6
            Re: direction of pickup

            Well it will affect your tone slightly, but it's all a matter of preference. That's actually how Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) has his guitar. His neck pickup is backwards, which gives him a little more bass (this is because the magnetic field around the slugs is stronger than it is around the polepieces) and his pups are out-of-phase. The added bass at the neck helps give the o.o.p tone in the middle a bit more bottom so it doesn't sound quite so thin.
            Originally posted by Pink Unicorn Horsey
            Dumbness on massive idiocy with the stupid dumb-dumbnity of ridiculous WTFation in the dumbass of you-idiot.
            Originally posted by Sosomething
            "How do I improve the tone of my ThrasherKidzz-O-Blaster combo??"

            The answer is always "burn it, dumbass."

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            • #7
              Re: direction of pickup

              korovamilkdud,

              I am really jealous of your awesome handle.

              I think I will try the pickup the other way when I put a new bridge pickup in. I'm curious to hear the difference in tone.

              Thank you for your help.

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