strikeout Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 Allright, so I've got this tele with a reversed strat neck, and it sounds great, but the high e string isn't as loud as the rest. If I play a riff alternating between the e and b strings, the e string just barely sounds compared to the b. However, if I bend the e string towards the center of the fretboard, it allows both strings to ring with equal volume. I just talked to my tech and he told me that the pickup holes are drilled too high on the guitar body, thus making the high e string just barely (about 1/32") outside the pickup's magnetic field. I then called Warmoth, the company that made the neck and body, and they told me that the flaw was impossible due to the laser precise accuracy of their cutting machines. I'm lucky enough to be entering a new studio on Saturday where I'll be playing through my selections from an entire collection of vintage amps, as well as sound boards worth exponentially more than my house. Other than the e string issue, this guitar's tone is better than any I've owned, and I'm dying to use it. But if I can't use the high e, then I can't record with that guitar. If anyone could provide me with some emergency insight, I would much appreciate it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 12, 2004 Report Share Posted October 12, 2004 That's some nice customer service for you. Sounds like some other things I've heard about Warmoth laser cutting accuracy... Anyway, there's not much that can be done if the pickups aren't in the right spot. But this really doesn't make much sense on a Tele, though. Does it have a traditional-style Tele bridge or a Strat-hardtail bridge? If it's a Tele bridge, it shouldn't matter because the strings will line up with the bridge pickup no matter what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strikeout Posted October 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2004 Yeah man, it's got a tele bridge where the bridge pickup is mounted in the hole in the bridge plate, so logically at least that pickup should work right, but it doesn't. The pickup isn't snug in the hole, it's got about 1/8" on either side, so I'm thinking I might fill the holes that the pickup is mounted in, and then drill new holes a little lower (like I said before, it only needs to move 1/32", maybe 1/16") but then I'm worried that I'll have the same problem on the other side. Does anyone know if they make skinnier saddles? I'm thinking that might solve my problem. Right now I've got regular graph tech string saver tele saddles in there, but maybe I need to get thinner saddles in order to fit all of the strings comfortably over the magnetic field. Anyways, thanks for your help crafty, anyone else who might know something, please give suggestions. Thanks a lot everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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