| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
| Total number of notes: | 61432 |
My electric's got twin Schaller (sp?) humbuckers. The 'A' string
in particular sounds 'dead' in certain areas but only when doing
a pull off ... sounds fine when using a pick.
The action is a little strange still (set it myself and don't know
much about that) but plays well.
Anyway, there's little hex screws (I think 12) on each pick up and
I got a allen wrench that fits those screws in the pick up's box.
What are those for? Hate to (WON'T!) start turning those li'l gizmos
and have the whole thing fly apart.
Their location, etc. suggests that they would be used for some type
of adjustments. Probably should take the guitar to a good shop
for adjustments and all but hate to not know what they're doing.
Anybody got any answers?
AA
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| 261.1 | It will not break... | PARSEC::MELENDEZ | Mon Jun 01 1987 09:30 | 3 | |
Yes, the screws on the pickups are for adjustment. Try taking the
screw on the A string up and see how it sounds. I'm not expert,
but I am not afraid to take "my" guitars a part.
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| 261.2 | Schaller pickups ?? | MORRIS::JACQUES | Mon Jun 01 1987 10:19 | 10 | |
Are you sure the pickups are "Schaller". Schaller makes tuning
machines, but I don't think they make pickups. You probably
have Schecter pickups. Go ahead and try adjusting them up
until all strings have an even sound level. The way that I
usually do this is by using something with vu or totem pole
meters on it like a mixer or tape recorder.
Good Luck,
Mark J.
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| 261.3 | Schaller Pickups | AQUA::ROST | We don' need no steenking names | Mon Jun 01 1987 11:59 | 5 |
Schaller most definitely does make pickups. Kramer uses them on
some of their instruments.
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| 261.4 | Babbling again... | BPOV10::LEAHY | Thu Jun 04 1987 12:42 | 12 | |
well, no one seems to have answered his question...
the hex nuts you refered to are used to adjust the proximity of
a given string's proprietary magnet to the mag field produced by
that string. The adjustment of a given magnet will not break or
damage the guitar (assuming you're not going to use a hammer), just
change the sound. The closer a given magnet is to the string, the
stronger the signal passed to the amp. You can try adjusting the
A, but it may or may not correct your "dead" problem.
Jon (BPOV02::NELSON)
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