lazybones Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 why are the poles underneath the A and D string raised on my pickups.its a mim fender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 To follow the curved profile of the board and the strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 So the poles are the same distance from the strings on all strings so that volume is similar from each string. Look at the board, it has a radius, your strings should follow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazybones Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 saw one in a shop today and the pickups were smooth and the strings keep catching on mine making a nasty scratchy noise are all jazz picks the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 (edited) [quote name='lazybones' timestamp='1380481198' post='2225984'] are all jazz picks the same [/quote] No. But then on some Jazz and jazz-type basses the relative volume of the A and D strings is less than that of the E and G... And Fender make a number of necks with different fingerboard radii... which further complicates the matter! [url="http://www.fender.com/en-GB/support/articles/guitar-neck-radius/"]http://www.fender.com/en-GB/support/articles/guitar-neck-radius/[/url] Edited September 29, 2013 by Conan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 My old jazz used to have raised poles, and The strings used to "clack" against them sometimes. I swapped them out in favour of Seymour Duncan quarter pounders, because the poles were recessed. Didn't think they sounded quite how I wanted, so I got some Dimarzio Ultra Jazz. Now they were AWESOME pickups! Hum cancelling too and no clacking on the strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Put some thick electrical insulation tape over them. It stops the nasty clacks and pops when the strings touch the pole pieces. Also I would look at the overall pickup height, I find on J basses that unless you are plucking right over the neck pickup and ragging it the strings have a hard time touching the pickups at all. if they are set to fenders spec at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazybones Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 great advice guys much appreciated,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1380483206' post='2226019'] Put some thick electrical insulation tape over them. It stops the nasty clacks and pops when the strings touch the pole pieces. [/quote] Good tip. I'd forgotten about that. It has the added advantage of making them look (a bit) like EMGs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 [quote name='lazybones' timestamp='1380481198' post='2225984'] saw one in a shop today and the pickups were smooth and the strings keep catching on mine making a nasty scratchy noise are all jazz picks the same [/quote] I would suggest if you're hitting strings on pole pieces, that the pickups are probably way too high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazybones Posted September 29, 2013 Author Share Posted September 29, 2013 got some lovely black tape over the magnetic poles on the pickups .....sorted thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Some people put clear nail varnish over the poles to stop the scratchy noises, one of mine had thick goooey silver paint which looked horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 [quote name='Conan' timestamp='1380483810' post='2226037'] Good tip. I'd forgotten about that. It has the added advantage of making them look (a bit) like EMGs! [/quote] Used to do it with every bass when I played with fingers as I was going for that snappy pop noise that Doug John's gets on his pedulla. Bad side is that people get a bit prissy about the tape she. It comes to moving it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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