Pickup Adjustment - Old Technique?

[ooglay]

Basically, I just want to share a little pickup adjustment that I currently made to my bass after practicing with my band. A couple of days ago I was practicing some pretty "bass - intense" songs with my band, songs which required me to solo on the D and G strings (tuned to EADG). It was wierd tho, because the sound was noticably lower than from my E and A strings. I have noticed in the past, and also noticed from other posters, that often the D and G strings sometimes aren't quite as amplified as the EA strings. I thought of a solution to this and I don't know if any of you have hear dof this/tried this, but give it a go.

Like I said, if anyone else has had this problem, follow my diagram below. BUT, If a EB MM representative or anyone else thinks this is unsafe or wierd, plz tell me, lol.

It's quite simple, just raise the one end of the pickup towards the D string. This may be an old technique for this kind of problem, But i'm just figuring it out now

Good luck fellow bassists.

 

[Musicman Nut]

Basically, I just want to share a little pickup adjustment that I currently made to my bass after practicing with my band. A couple of days ago I was practicing some pretty "bass - intense" songs with my band, songs which required me to solo on the D and G strings (tuned to EADG). It was wierd tho, because the sound was noticably lower than from my E and A strings. I have noticed in the past, and also noticed from other posters, that often the D and G strings sometimes aren't quite as amplified as the EA strings. I thought of a solution to this and I don't know if any of you have hear dof this/tried this, but give it a go.

Like I said, if anyone else has had this problem, follow my diagram below. BUT, If a EB MM representative or anyone else thinks this is unsafe or wierd, plz tell me, lol.

It's quite simple, just raise the one end of the pickup towards the D string. This may be an old technique for this kind of problem, But i'm just figuring it out now

Good luck fellow bassists.

Most music Man Basses Have Staggard Pole Pieces which is some what the radius of the fingerboard and has worked very well. But I myself had to design a Pole Piece staggard template on the basses I got through the years with flat pole pieces. I've done this for years I DO NOT RECOMEND ANYONE TRYING THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR PICKUP.
This is just a personal thing between myself and the years of playing music man basses
The Flatter the radius, flat pole pieces work better, seems to not be a difference in a volume change between strings.

 

[strummer]

Most music Man Basses Have Staggard Pole Pieces which is some what the radius of the fingerboard and has worked very well. But I myself had to design a Pole Piece staggard template on the basses I got through the years with flat pole pieces. I've done this for years I DO NOT RECOMEND ANYONE TRYING THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR PICKUP.
This is just a personal thing between myself and the years of playing music man basses
The Flatter the radius, flat pole pieces work better, seems to not be a difference in a volume change between strings.

Oh, come on Dave! Adjusting the pick up height on the treble side a bit isn't goung to destroy your pick up. OK, the drawing shows an extreme example, but I'm sure the poster has drawn it that way to make sure we all undersatand.
Otoh, lowering the pick up a tad on the bass side might generally be a better idea...

 

[Joe Nerve]

I raise my pickups so the pole pieces are touching all the strings. Everythings the same volume like that. My band thinks I suck though for some reason.

 

[Musicman Nut]

Oh, come on Dave! Adjusting the pick up height on the treble side a bit isn't goung to destroy your pick up. OK, the drawing shows an extreme example, but I'm sure the poster has drawn it that way to make sure we all undersatand.
Otoh, lowering the pick up a tad on the bass side might generally be a better idea...

No your not understanding what I'm Saying. I Move the actul Pole Pieces, The Magnets that sit in the Coils.
The Magnets are Pressed In each Bobbin before winding.

The pickups are designed to Move, that why theres is 3 adjustment screws. The Magnets are not.