anyone can teach me how to adjust a pickup?can i know if i touch the pickups up n down whether wil caused damaged onot. .. ?ty.

Adjust? You mean hold it or what?

Sry..can't get what you mean..

I think he means adjusting the height of the pickups.

Distance of pickups to the strings can produce different type of sounds.

If you pay attention to your pickups, their heights are different and the bridge pickup is a bit slanted to one direction.

If you're the adventurous type maybe you can make your own pickups.

I think i'll settle with adjusting the string action/height instead should a need come one day.

This post has been edited by bman: Dec 15 2006, 08:13 PM

one more thing to ask.. a pickguard is use to protect the body from getting scratch by pick or fingers rite.. but my yamaha ERG121 dun include one.. the body have some scratch now.. wat should i do. ..the scratch never gone although i keep on polish it.. thanx again guys..

You can buy one and drill holes yourself to install it, or just use some double sided tape to keep it on.

Either that or get some cardboard, real cheap, cut out the shape of a pickguard and use thin double sided tapes and stick it on.

ic.. a thin card board is the cheapest way.GOTCHA.. lolz...thanx.. Do any1 know wat wood is use to make yamaha ERG121 body? basswood? alder?

agathis.

since we r in 'adjusting pickup' thread, i wanna ask sumthing.

my strat copy pickup r a bit weird. got 3 pickup and got 5 pickup selector right? thats normal. whats weird is, when i select the lowest ,mid and highest pickup selection, it produce the bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound. whats this? and how can i fix it?

that's the famous humssssss or buzz you get with SSS pickups, or guitars without humbuckers (pair magnet opposite)


Try playing away from the computer/TV. Certain electronics can cause interference.
use a non-fluorescent light in your room.

Use an AVR with proper grounding.

Make sure you're grounded too, remove the damn carpet.

Finally, read this. http://www.neelyguitars.com/Pickups.html

if you're adventurous, rewire your guitar.

http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/menu.php

For more detailed instructions, you can go to http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/shielding/shield3.php

Im using their method and it works on my squier.

oh shiat. so thats the famous hums and buzz eh. hmmm.. gonna try this one.

'flip the polarity of the center pickups on Strat-style guitars so the two combination settings of the 5 way switch (neck + middle & middle + bridge) become very effective humbucking positions.'

which means, i just need to swap the wires of the center pickup, right?

If that annoys you, you should listen to my EMGs........ super freakin' high pickup!!!!!

super freakin high?

well, he is high too.
waddaya mean by high, blacktrix? the buzz? emg got buzz too eh?

emg's are active pickups,(depending on which series) and if im not mistaken, blacktrix's series needs a battery to power the pickups am i right? I've an emg 81, and everytime i leave the guitar alone after playing it the pickups gives out feedback that can pierce your ears. I dont really know about blacktrix's case, but i think we both know how emg's are like. Everdying should know about this as well

weird, my EMG's dont have feedback.
i had feedback previously, but that was traced to a bad cable.

so yea, check your other sources to see whats causing it.
one reason why ppl use EMGs is cos its not noisy at very high gain settings.

Mine are SUPER feedbacking.... Could be the 81s....

hah, i need feedback btw. i love the feedback sound.

if u want feedbacks, just position ur pickups straight into ur amp...but i heard that will damage the amp...i've tried a few times, but my amp still alive and doing well...