Pickup Height

Pickup heights play a big role in the sound of your guitar. Raising the height of the pickup increases the output and lowering it.. decreases the output! I prefer my pickups pretty low so I can start with a good clean tone. With the pickups lower you get a woodier more resonant tone. This also increases sustain because you don't have as strong of a magnetic pull (The pickups are further away from the strings). The height of your p'ups is all individual preference and there is no "better" height. There are quite a few reasons as to why you would want to change the height of your pickups.. such examples may include:

-Balancing output between neck and bridge pickups.

-Some strings are louder than others (raise the p'up at an angle or slant)
Or Adjust individual pole pieces

-Increase the output of the p'up for added gain.

-Your sustain is lacking and you want an improvement.

Adjusting the height of a pickup is a fairly simple procedure. You simply tighten or
loosen a screw. Clockwise Raises the pickup while counter-clockwise lowers the pickup.
Careful though, if you lower it too much it could detach from the mounting ring or
pick guard.

The arrow points to the appropriate screw that adjusts the pickup height. There is another screw on the other side. Each pickup is adjusted by two screws, one at each end. So you can set the p'up at a slant. To better balance heavier lower strings with thinner high strings..

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