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repair pickups
im forced to use a used ****ty squire bullet. it sounds like ****, lieks its "shot". the pick ups are are touching the strings!!!..i know this cant be right..how do i repair this on my own with out$$$$$$
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Originally posted by I Suffer
lower the pickups
hmm, i dont think thats very helpful , lol.
Maybe you should just get a new guitar.
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
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I know... what about raising the action so the strings are higher :)
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
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well how much can you get for firewood these days?
are you sure it aint right? if it still plays then it should be alright unless it is literally touchin the strings wow that must be annoyin.
are you sure it aint right? if it still plays then it should be alright unless it is literally touchin the strings wow that must be annoyin.
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yeha, that might help. I dont like the action too high though, then i have to work too hard to fret.
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If the pickups are touching the strings that would sound bad.
Ok, on the sides of the pickups there are two screws (one per side). Turn them anticlockwise. (top right to left) until the pickups are a comfortable distance.
I think that's how it's done on a squire, I haven't owned a guitar with single coil pickups for a few years and I never adjusted the pickups when I did.
Ok, on the sides of the pickups there are two screws (one per side). Turn them anticlockwise. (top right to left) until the pickups are a comfortable distance.
I think that's how it's done on a squire, I haven't owned a guitar with single coil pickups for a few years and I never adjusted the pickups when I did.
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lol, yeha that probably would have helped if i told him how to lower the pickup. im slow today
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yes, thats why i said that it wasnt very helpful to just tell him to lower the pickup :)
By virtue of their electrical properties, tubes generate a special waveform when they're saturated, which is why tube engineering has tremendous tonal advantages over solid state or DSP solutions, particularly for crunch and lead sounds. Tubes enter the saturation zone gradually or softly, which lends tube-driven tone its trademark yet totally unique character.
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I must say, though, that there is a certain degree of charm/romance to playing your music through a really crappy rig. Imagine being as good as, say, Jimi, and being able to play through any rig and sound amazing...
One can dream, I guess! For now I'll have to rely on tone and effects!
One can dream, I guess! For now I'll have to rely on tone and effects!
... and that's all I have to say about that.
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See those little screws beside the pickups? "yes I do". Good, turn them counterclockwise.
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Yay, I was right :)
I wasn't sure because fenders have that wierd pickups-stapled-to-the-pickguard thing.
I wasn't sure because fenders have that wierd pickups-stapled-to-the-pickguard thing.
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