dub Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I just removed two of the springs underneath the humbucker on my musicman to lower it on the bridge side. This produced more bottom end and less high mid which was a great improvement in the tone to my ears. If you want to give it a try, just angle your pickup without removing any springs as that only makes a couple of mm difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 hmm interesting, might have to experiment with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 are the pole pieces on the pickup staggered ? just curious...they are on my sabre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 This works well on any Humbucker with adjacent coils like the MMHB. Fore/Aft tilt can only be achieved if said pick-up has 3 or more screws. Remember that "flat" would be relative to the strings and not the body, though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 My bass is a late 80's ernie ball stingray 5 so the pole pieces aren't staggered. [quote name='ahpook' post='225245' date='Jun 23 2008, 06:49 PM']are the pole pieces on the pickup staggered ? just curious...they are on my sabre[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dub Posted July 28, 2008 Author Share Posted July 28, 2008 After trying this out for a while, I've put the springs back, as I disconnected my preamp and liked the passive tone. The preamp added a huge amount of top end (and hiss) so with that gone I needed a bit more top and set the pickup flat again. It was worth the experiment though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 [quote name='ahpook' post='225245' date='Jun 23 2008, 06:49 PM']are the pole pieces on the pickup staggered ? just curious...they are on my sabre[/quote] They are on my SUB bass, i found that lifting up the treble end up a bit made the higher strings a bit louder, obviously, but they were a bit quiet before. You might as well make the bass your own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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