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  • 06-08-2005 12:19pm
    #1
    kennier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭


    Can't find the thread but it was the one pointing to mrgearhead and how to setup your guitar. Just spend about 45 mins messing about with my crusty old hohner 'professional' (yeah right) and it's gone from being just totally rubbish to almost decent. Started with adjusting the neck to straighten it. That worked a treat - pretty simple actually once u get feeler guages. Next onto the saddle height - I sort of guessed here. The gearhead site was for fender strats so i took their figures & messed about a bit.

    Next onto intonation which I never knew anything about before today. The measurements they gave didn't work (from nut to 12th fret * 2 = nut to saddle) so I just tuned her up using a digital tuner then checked that the 12th fret pitch was the same as the open string - miles out - all sharp, so just adjusted the saddles back to lengthen the string.

    Can't say I love this guitar but it sure as hell is a lot better!

    So....just wanted to say ta very much to whoever posted that link. Learned loads.


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  • #2
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    No problem, the link is in the stickies :) You'd be amazed at how much a simple set-up can change an instrument. The string height is really down to how low you want it and how low the frets will allow you to go before they buzz too much. Don't take the Mr Gearhead link as gospel, experiment with string height settings and set it up the way it siuts you most. I used to like really, really low action but now I find it more comfortable slightly higher. There is no right setting, just whatever you prefer.


  • #3
    kennier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭kennier


    The stickies eh? Damn, never even thought of there!

    Yep, I reckon go for the 'recommended' setup to get a good base then mess about with the action. I like low-as-you-can-go at the moment. What's the story on the pup height though? Didn't seem to make much of a difference when I set it v. high or v. low. They're kind of in the middle now...


  • #4
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Pickups closer to the strings means more gain though sometimes (my strat for example) moving them too close means the strings vibration is interfered with by the magnetic pull and it kills sustain and can even effect the vibration to such an extent that it effects the pitch too. It depends on the guitar, on my Eggle I have the humbuckers rather close to the strings and it sounds fantastic. On my strat, I have the pickups almost flat with the scratchplate (which is pretty low) so it's not high output at all but that's where the strat quack is :)


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