Pole/string alignment

[Bubba Johns]

Yes, it makes a difference. 2 of the settings on my pedal will only ring out the the base E & A strings and the D if it's struck hard. The strings following, (where the misalignment becomes pronounced), produce no sound. That demonstrates to me that there are consequences to not being straight on. My concern over this raised recently with my first attempt at pick up switching. Once the guitar was reassembled, I noticed the issue. I started playing it and was so impressed with the difference in the sound, character and capabilities of my ax, forgot all about whatever it was that concerned me. Oh, and it's a Jeff Beck Humbucker and it's something that has made a vast improvement to my guitar. And the string alignment thing...it makes NO difference. At least not to someone like me who has a certain amount of hearing loss. and I never play using either of those 2 settings any way.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Glad you like the JB. Is the pedal a very gated fuzz?

 

[Toejam]

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So you say it makes a difference, but at the end you say it makes no difference?

 

[Mincer]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Welcome to the forum!
I think, you mean that it makes no difference to you? But, how can E A & D only produce a little volume? The JB is a high output pickup, and even if the poles completely miss the strings, you should have a good volume. I wonder if something else is wrong here.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Welcome to the forum!
I think, you mean that it makes no difference to you? But, how can E A & D only produce a little volume? The JB is a high output pickup, and even if the poles completely miss the strings, you should have a good volume. I wonder if something else is wrong here.

I had trouble following OP - But I think he’s saying the JB fixed his pole-spacing issue?

Either way - the only possibility I can think of if the EAD don’t sound while using a pedal, is that pedal is a fuzz with an extreme gate. I have a pedal, for example, which is gated so high it will not even work with single coils (meant to be stacked rather than used solo - is the builder’s excuse.) So I imagine (although it is unlikely,) pole spacing is a possible factor into the difference between a string making noise or not, depending on the pedal & how it’s used?

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Pole/string alignment

I'm guessing his original pickup was so low output, or so low to the strings, or both, that it barely worked and was exacerbated by a particular pedal. JB being high output would be immune to all those issues.

 

[AlexR]

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Also we have to consider that not every string produces the same output.....even with poles lined up. So there is much more to this phenomenon than simply pole spacing.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Pole/string alignment

I will probably still be confused here until he comes back to clarify.

 

[Bubba Johns]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Multi function pedal, but the settings used were fuzz, yes.

 

[Bubba Johns]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Thanks for the welcome and correct- makes no difference to me as I don't pay it any mind.

 

[Bubba Johns]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Exactly.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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All I can say to the OP is...

"What the heck are you trying to say!!!"

Pretend you are a grown-up (and know how to use the American language a bit) trying to communicate to other grown-ups. (You also might want to clean up a bit before posting).

 

[Toejam]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Thanks for the welcome and correct- makes no difference to me as I don't pay it any mind.

So it makes a difference, yet you pay it no mind so that it doesn't make a difference? Then why did you post this thread? I'm still not getting it.

 

[AlexR]

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Yeah, I just re-read it and was more confused this time due to paying way more attention after all the other responses.

I'm thinking posting under the influence might the case.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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I don't think the OP is coming back...must have OD-ed

 

[Aceman]

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Distance to string = Only thing that matters. Volume-wise.

Alignment is a human based value regarding a specific appearance. Physics don't care.

 

[Bubba Johns]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Like every other forum I've visited- populated with buffoons. Congratulations, you are three of them.

 

[Bubba Johns]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Well said. Cool vibe man.

 

[GuitarDoc]

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Like every other forum I've visited- populated with buffoons. Congratulations, you are three of them.

Every other forum?

So, everyone's a buffoon but you. You realize of course that there IS one common denominator.

If you are willing to ask a question in a reasonable way, with a desire to be understood, you'll find that we are not only willing, but we are very eager to help. But we can't read your mind nor can we interpret feeble ramblings and apparent contradictions. And when we struggle to understand what specifically you are asking, and we ask you for clarification, you ignore us and then call US buffoons?!

Get a grip man and pretend that you actually want our help. You'll catch more flys with honey than with vinegar.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Pole/string alignment

Get a grip man and pretend that you actually want our help. You'll catch more flys with honey than with vinegar.

Youre not getting it man, he came here to school us, he is the enlightened one and noone else could possibly have any knowlege, all others are false prophets