Re: Seth Lover PAF Riddle
Welcome to the forum. Let me share my experiences with you. I have a 2000 Classic which is mostly stock, except for the ceramic pickups that were swapped 3 years out for Duncan '59's. After 12 years with those, I put in Seths a few years back. They measure 7.2k on the neck and 8.2k on the bridge pup. My guitar when played unplugged, is bright and snappy due to a bit less wood. This may be what you're experiencing. Does is sound bright when unplugged? You could measure the pickup output with a meter and check that they are in the range SD has on their site for that set.
Next, the heights. If you don't have a precision rule, you can use a pair of nickels to help. If I check my Seths' heights when both e strings are fretted at the last fret, they show me 1 nickel's height from 1st string to pole piece on the bridge Seth, for the high e string. For the neck pup, just about 1/32” less than 1 nickel. For the bridge low e 6th. string, it measures a touch less than a two nickels. The neck 6th string low e, using two nickels, shows a bit less than two nickels. That puts me near what I want to hear and the rest are minor screwdriver tweaks....sometimes not even necessary. If you were to look at my Seth neck pup, the 6th string side is lower than its ring and the 1st string side is above its ring. It looks odd, but the tone result is what matters.
If I find that I get too much of a piercing bridge tone, I back down the height screw at the high e string side of the bridge until the piercing disappears. I then test my middle switch position tone. That is the position that gives me the most thought because I never seems to get it perfect, but as long as I hear a typical Les Paul middle position tone, I'm content.
Studioplayer
Welcome to the forum. Let me share my experiences with you. I have a 2000 Classic which is mostly stock, except for the ceramic pickups that were swapped 3 years out for Duncan '59's. After 12 years with those, I put in Seths a few years back. They measure 7.2k on the neck and 8.2k on the bridge pup. My guitar when played unplugged, is bright and snappy due to a bit less wood. This may be what you're experiencing. Does is sound bright when unplugged? You could measure the pickup output with a meter and check that they are in the range SD has on their site for that set.
Next, the heights. If you don't have a precision rule, you can use a pair of nickels to help. If I check my Seths' heights when both e strings are fretted at the last fret, they show me 1 nickel's height from 1st string to pole piece on the bridge Seth, for the high e string. For the neck pup, just about 1/32” less than 1 nickel. For the bridge low e 6th. string, it measures a touch less than a two nickels. The neck 6th string low e, using two nickels, shows a bit less than two nickels. That puts me near what I want to hear and the rest are minor screwdriver tweaks....sometimes not even necessary. If you were to look at my Seth neck pup, the 6th string side is lower than its ring and the 1st string side is above its ring. It looks odd, but the tone result is what matters.
If I find that I get too much of a piercing bridge tone, I back down the height screw at the high e string side of the bridge until the piercing disappears. I then test my middle switch position tone. That is the position that gives me the most thought because I never seems to get it perfect, but as long as I hear a typical Les Paul middle position tone, I'm content.
Studioplayer
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