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My Neck Pickup

HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
So today and even yesterday I noticed something in my sound that is awkward.

On my SG there is a bridge open-coil humbucker as well as a neck open-coil humbucker. I noticed that if I switch to use both pickups or just the neck pickups the sound gets much more bassy than usual. It sounds almost like if you turned the tone knob down on your guitar. Any ideas on why? what? how? etc etc etc
2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Since the neck pickup is further up the string, the vibrations are much more pronounced there. This means the string is actually vibrating more above the neck pickup than at the bridge. The neck pickup will therefor pick up more of the bass frequencies, so the neck pickup (or both together) will have more bass than the bridge pickup alone.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    Since the neck pickup is further up the string, the vibrations are much more pronounced there. This means the string is actually vibrating more above the neck pickup than at the bridge. The neck pickup will therefor pick up more of the bass frequencies, so the neck pickup (or both together) will have more bass than the bridge pickup alone.

    thanks mig, haven't seen you in a while!!

    yeah but its not like I changed the height of my pickups...
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    yeah but its not like I changed the height of my pickups...


    It's not the height of the pickup, it's the position of the pickup on the length of the string, between the bridge and the nut. The neck pickup is further up the string's length where the vibration is more pronounced.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    It's not the height of the pickup, it's the position of the pickup on the length of the string, between the bridge and the nut. The neck pickup is further up the string's length where the vibration is more pronounced.

    yeah but this never happened before, its just been like the past day or two i've noticed a significant change...

    hopefully I'll put in some '57's within the next 2 months...
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    yeah but this never happened before, its just been like the past day or two i've noticed a significant change...

    hopefully I'll put in some '57's within the next 2 months...


    That's an uncommon thing to just show up one day... it could be a lot of things. Have you tried different amps, no pedals, etc?
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,135
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    That's an uncommon thing to just show up one day... it could be a lot of things. Have you tried different amps, no pedals, etc?

    yes, yes, and no...i only have 1 amp :D my baby

    maybe its my amp...honestly, the tubes need to be changed so maybe that's it
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    you should hear the volume spike on my new casino with the neck pickup. it's insane. i've got it turned down to about 6 to match the bridge.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Maybe the pickup moved up OR the bridge p/u sank down.
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