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Bridge and Sustaniac pick-up height .

Noah Berends

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  • Nov 11, 2019
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    You gotta be real careful with the Sustainiac height because small adjustments can make noteworthy effects on how it sounds. I encourage playing around with it if you're willing to find good character, but do so carefully.

    The average "good" height for a pickup is 5/64ths to 4/64ths of an inch off of the strings. But, adjust from there. Moving them even closer will give you more output, but moving too close adds a ton of mud to the noise. Backing them off adds more clarity, but lowers output. There's a sweet spot that has to do with both the pickup impedance and your preferences - that's where you wanna be.
     
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