Tremspacing does matter . . .

[Artie]

. . . at least in this specific case.

I finally got around to swapping out the C5 in my Genny, for a tremspaced C5 that I got from Lew. (Thanks Lew.) I've been fighting a problem with the high E string, (high pitch, that is), having a significantly lower volume than the other strings. The pole pieces for the two E strings were actually inside the strings themselves. The tremspaced lines up perfectly, and the string imbalance is now gone. So, in this case, it did matter.

And on a little sidenote . . . when you hurry a job - you make mistakes.
I was anxious to hear how this sounded, and I got sloppy. I used a Tone push/pull so I could run the C5 in parallel. After I got it together, both switch positions sounded the same, and neither sounded like a humbucker. A quick examination revealed two separate problems - one which masked the other.

1. Because I had the Tele plate upside down, I put the red wire on the wrong terminal, which meant that in series, the pickup should have gone dead.

2. When I put everything back together, the "bare" wire touched up against the red wire terminal, placing the pup in a state of constant "split", in either switch position.

Thanks goodness it was a Tele, with separate control plate. Problem solved, and now it sounds great.

Artie

btw - I'll reserve judgement on how well I like the parallel sound. Its too soon to say for sure. It definitely didn't just jump out and grab me.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Tremspacing does matter . . .

Glad you liked it Artie. I found the trem spacing made a big diff in my Carvin too when I went from a standard Custom to a Trem spaced CC.

BTW, what will you be doing with the standard spaced C5?

I could take it off your hands. :naughty:

 

[Artie]

Re: Tremspacing does matter . . .

BTW, what will you be doing with the standard spaced C5?

I could take it off your hands. :naughty:

PM sent.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Tremspacing does matter . . .

Thanks Artie and I agree totally with what you said about the benefits of using a pickup who's polepieces line up under the two E strings.

I'm always surprised when guys say they can't hear a diff, because I certainly can and it seems that you and Benjy can too.

The high E especially is improved with the Trembucker.

When I play a Strat that has a standard spaced humbucker as the bridge pickup and the polepiece under the high E does not line up directly under it, when I fret a note on the E string and then bend that note up, so that the string is pulled over the pole piece, I can hear the note get louder.

With a Trembucker the note stays roughly the same volume.

Lew