bbqbrisket Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Project, Telecaster Bridge pickup Does the string have to be lined up over dead center with the pickup rivet on that string? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 Nope. Close will work just fine. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbqbrisket Posted January 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 ok...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 What @ScottR said. The poles/mags of a pickup have a pretty loose magnetic field so you can get away with a lot. Some poles/mags have more focused fields than others, however I'm not sure of the differences. You can get away with a lot. Point in case is the old Japanese Aria Pro II basses; their pickups internally had a narrow pole/mag spacing in the armatures which was fine for the SB-1000 and other narrow-spaced basses. When they went to more "normal" string spacings, they used the same pickups so there was a distinct lack of alignment between the poles and the strings. They did this for a number of years in thousands of production instruments which sold well, many of which are very collectible today. Without checking my specs sheets, this is how 16mm (I think) on the poles centre to centre compared to 18mm string spacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 I know it's a bit of a different instrument to a Tele though....haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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