SSL5 problem

[Babauci]

Hi everyone. I just installed an SSL5 on the bridge and I noticed that the B string sounds lower than the others. The pickup cover is a little higher than the magnetic pole of the B string due to the pu cables. could this be the problem?

 

[GuitarStv]

Yes. The SSL5 follows a traditional fender stagger of polepieces. With traditional fender polepieces the B string is always too quiet and the G string is always too loud.

The SSL6 is a more modern flat pole design with the same wind and magnets as the SSL5 that corrects this problem.

 

[marcello252]

it's normal and it's part of the vintage sound

 

[ErikH]

Unless you have a 7.25" radius neck, go with the SSL-6 w/ the flat radius. You can use the 21 day exchange policy.

 

[Babauci]

Yes. The SSL5 follows a traditional fender stagger of polepieces. With traditional fender polepieces the B string is always too quiet and the G string is always too loud.

The SSL6 is a more modern flat pole design with the same wind and magnets as the SSL5 that corrects this problem.

Thank you. however in the middle and neck position I have two customshop 69s which are well balanced and do not have this problem. my question is whether it is a question of the pickup cover being a little too high which perhaps blocks the sound or whether the pu is really made this way. I really don't want to open everything up again and change it. I asked around and only one person in ten complained about this problem

 

[Clint 55]

You can flip your pickups around. This way the volume dip is in the more powerful bass side rather than the treble side b string which is already weak sounding.

 

[Babauci]

You can flip your pickups around. This way the volume dip is in the more powerful bass side rather than the treble side b string which is already weak sounding.

thank you for your suggestion. I'll try to do as you say but I think I'll have the problem on the A string.

 

[ToneFiddler]

Thank you. however in the middle and neck position I have two customshop 69s which are well balanced and do not have this problem. my question is whether it is a question of the pickup cover being a little too high which perhaps blocks the sound or whether the pu is really made this way. I really don't want to open everything up again and change it. I asked around and only one person in ten complained about this problem

The Plastic cover has no influence on the magnetic field of the magnet.
+1 for the SSL-6. The Vintage Stagger is BS unless you have a wound 3rd

 

[marcello252]

the plastic cover doesn't make difference

 

[GuitarDoc]

Is it possible to push the "B" string pole up a mm?

 

[GuitarStv]

Is it possible to push the "B" string pole up a mm?

It might be . . . but doing so might also kill the pickup.

 

[jeremy]

i wouldnt push the magnet. the coil lays right on it, you break it and the pups dead