Hey, guys. Doing my first build and I'm using a humbucker I bought, along with some other items, from CB Gitty. The 'bucker, of course, is for a six string. I am building a three string CB. I see 'em mounted at a right angle to the neck and they seem to work, and sound, fine. BUT.....I'm wondering whether, if I cant the pup at an angle sharp enough, can I get a better sound by having each string in proximity to two pole pieces instead of having pole pieces hanging out to the sides of the strings? I think this is easily possible, but my issue is that I would then be moving the pup, or at least one side of it, significantly farther from the neck than the other, and I am concerned that I would be losing mids and increasing treble on one or two strings. My sweet wife says I have a tendency to overthink things. Am I doing that now? Suggestions, please? Thanks in advance.
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Slanting a pickup is usually done to enhance the tone. Slanting towards the bridge enhances treble while slanting towards the neck enhances bass. If you have seen the bridge pickup on a Fender Stratocaster, the high strings are slanted towards the bridge for more treble. Then came Jimmy Hendrix with his Strat flipped upside down making the high strings further from the bridge and the low strings closer to the bridge. Result was a more mellow and balanced tone.
So decide want kind of tone you want and slant the pickup in the right direction to get that tone. High strings with lots of treble and low strings with lots of bass - slant it like a Strat high towards bridge and lows towards the neck. Mellow and balanced tone - slant it in the opposite direction.
Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac has one pickup in his guitar, it's in the middle position of the guitar(middle of the space between the neck and bridge) and it's slanted low strings towards the bridge and high strings towards the neck.
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Slanting a pickup is usually done to enhance the tone. Slanting towards the bridge enhances treble while slanting towards the neck enhances bass. If you have seen the bridge pickup on a Fender Stratocaster, the high strings are slanted towards the bridge for more treble. Then came Jimmy Hendrix with his Strat flipped upside down making the high strings further from the bridge and the low strings closer to the bridge. Result was a more mellow and balanced tone.
So decide want kind of tone you want and slant the pickup in the right direction to get that tone. High strings with lots of treble and low strings with lots of bass - slant it like a Strat high towards bridge and lows towards the neck. Mellow and balanced tone - slant it in the opposite direction.
Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac has one pickup in his guitar, it's in the middle position of the guitar(middle of the space between the neck and bridge) and it's slanted low strings towards the bridge and high strings towards the neck.