Why are there 3 adjustment screws on the pickup?

[five7]

Why are there two screws on the low side and only one on the high side of the pickup on my stingray?

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Both sides's screws allow you to raise/lower either side of the pickup while the side with 2 screws also allows you to pitch the pickup so that in the case of humbuckers pickups you can have one line of magnets closer to the strings than the other line of magnets.

 

[five7]

Why would you want to angle the pickup and why would other brands of humbuckers have four screws?

 

[spideyjg]

Both sides's screws allow you to raise/lower either side of the pickup while the side with 2 screws also allows you to pitch the pickup so that in the case of humbuckers pickups you can have one line of magnets closer to the strings than the other line of magnets.

Lika dis........

Do not fear the screwdriver. It can be your friend.

Try tilting and see what you think. Don't like, tweak it back. No harm, no foul.
I run my Sabre bridge a fair bit higher than the neck and lean the bridge as shown.

Jim

 

[INMT]

They wanted the screws to be "odd"......

 

[Ken Baker]

Do not fear the screwdriver. It can be your friend.

Watchit!

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Pitching a pickup gives your sound a slight different attack, try it and see or hear the difference.

 

[Rod Trussbroken]

The PUP design, IMO, is brilliant

 

[Grand Wazoo]

The PUP design, IMO, is brilliant

+1 to Gav!!

 

[TSanders]

IMO, three lets you tilt it (if thats your thing) with a bit more ease. With 4 screws, seems like you have to try and get two sets of two even, if that makes sense.

 

[MrMusashi]

IMO, three lets you tilt it (if thats your thing) with a bit more ease. With 4 screws, seems like you have to try and get two sets of two even, if that makes sense.

+1

its brilliant

MrM

 

[silverburst]

IMO, three lets you tilt it (if thats your thing) with a bit more ease. With 4 screws, seems like you have to try and get two sets of two even, if that makes sense.

Right on, brother. Three points determine a plane.

 

[Zippydog]

Before I "try it" and mess up a recenly set up bass, can anybody take a shot at describing what the sonic difference of a tilted PUP might sound like?

 

[oli@bass]

Three points determine a plane.

Just what I wanted to add. Beat me to it!

 

[Duarte]

It gives a great place to anchor your thumb, aswell. And you're not gonna be doing that on the other side of the pickup anyway...

 

[Deaj]

Right on, brother. Three points determine a plane.

That covers it.

 

[sloshep]

Because three is a magic number. Remember your School House Rock.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

- Alex
I'm a left hander who plays right handed, so I guess that makes me confused.

That makes 2 of us