Positioning your bass pickups correctly is essential to creating the optimal sound from your instrument. Low pickup settings produce muddy tones that reduce overall effectiveness of tone production. Most body-mount pickups include a dense foam piece to push them upward when secured to your guitar body. Use a feeler gauge to depress strings at the […]
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Setting pickup height can significantly impact your bass guitar tone. Here, we discuss various factors that will help you select an ideal pickup height for your bass. Humbuckers perform best when placed close to the strings, though there may be issues such as “wolf tones” (more common with single coils) that arise due to magnetic
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No matter if your bass guitar came straight from the factory with pickups set too low or you just need to fine-tune their height, learning how to adjust pickup height is an integral component of setting up your bass guitar properly. Closer a pickup is to the strings, the louder and clearer its tone and
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An often forgotten aspect of bass guitar setup, pickup height adjustment can have huge reverberations on your tone. Underneath most body-mount pickups lies a layer of firm but soft foam. Over time, however, this foam may break down and lead to structural issues in your vehicle. This causes vibration patterns of strings to change and
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An effective bass guitar requires the perfect string-to-pickup distance, enabling its strings to vibrate freely and freely vibrating strings can be tricky; but its rewards are significant. First, ensure you have all of the appropriate tools – a metal precision ruler and screwdriver suitable for the pickups – ready. Next, press down each string at
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Pickups that are closer to the strings often sound louder; however, this also means they’re much more sensitive to minor variations in volume. There’s an ideal compromise, which will differ between guitars and pickups, but generally speaking: trust your ears! Experimentation may be required before finding it. How to Measure Pickup height plays a significant
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Pickups are an integral component of bass guitar tone. However, when set too low they can throw off tune strings and cause them to go out of tune with each other. Ideal pick-up placement should be as close to the strings without creating fret buzz; however, this is often difficult due to how each musician
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A banjo stand is a device designed to hold musical instruments such as banjos and relieve players of having to hold or carry it themselves. A stand cradles the instrument securely, whether on the floor or table top. A stand for banjos contains spaced supports with parts designed to rest on a plane surface such
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There exists a sweet spot height which enhances tone without significantly decreasing pickup output (volume). When this ideal height is achieved, strings and magnetic pickup fields come close together but still have enough room to vibrate freely in accordance with their own natural cycles and harmonics. Due to this reason, most bass players aim to
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No matter if you’re a professional or just an enthusiastic music maker, having your own home studio is essential. Selecting the ideal table design for your studio will make it more efficient and ergonomic. When selecting a home studio desk, shape, height and space should be taken into account. Here are some of the top
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