My first electric CBG

Posted by MADBOX git-fiddles on December 2, 2015 at 5:17pm

 I have built 2 acoustic CBGs but this is my first electric build. I am wondering about proper placement of my pick-up. I purchased a pre-wired pick-up with volume and tone from CB Gitty. It said it was for 3 or 4 string guitars. I am building a 3 string and there are 4 posts on the pick-up. Do I (A) center my stings over the whole pick-up or do I (B) line the three strings up with 3 of the 4 posts.

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  • MADBOX git-fiddles December 2, 2015 at 6:42pm

    thanx for the info.!

  • Keith December 2, 2015 at 6:08pm

    Some may have the ears to tell you definitively like Michael, I do not and cannot really detect a difference in sound quality.  I center everything off the center line of the git.  if that means the poles are split then so be it. The one caveat of this statement. it's yer git, if you want the utmost sound quality then put the string over the pole, if you want clean lines center the mag. 

  • Michael Hagen December 2, 2015 at 5:43pm

    B.

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