P90 height vs polepiece adjustment-

[Erlend_G]

Hello!

I've done some research, regarding the tonal difference, in

1. Adjusting the whole P90 pickup with cover, closer/farther from the strings, and
2. Adjusting only the pole pieces up and down.

I found my P90's to sound the best, with the entire pickup close to the strings, and the pole pieces flush with the cover, or even screwed a bit further in. It was very warm, balanced and chimey this way.

Raising the pole pieces and lowering the overall assembly, resulted in a tone that was brash, lacked "balance" and also the chime was gone. The brigde pickup became very aggressive and middy, and the neck pickup boomy and bassy.



I asked this question before, now I have tried it for my self, and wanted to share the results.

yours truly,

-Erl ♪

 

[Mincer]

I like the sound better with the whole pickup closer, too.

 

[jeremy]

for the bridge pup, i agree. for the neck pup, i tend to like the pole pieces just above flush with the top

 

[hamerfan]

I use the pole pieces only to compensate between the wound and plain strings. The d and g higher and the b and high e to taste.