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1) The overall height of the entire pickup
can
be raised or
lowered by turning the leveling screws appropriately with
a screwdriver. Normally, even output and response will
require the pickup to lay equidistant beneath each string.
2)
O n
humbucking pickups it is also possible to 'fine tune"
the individual polepieces to insure uniform electrical out-
put from all strings. This will be especially true. If normal
conditions, as outlined above, do not hold, due for ex-
ample to player preferences. In this case, it would be
wise to make the adjustments while listening to the gui-
tar thtough an amplifier.
3) Play each string in succession, and listen to the volume,
using your screwdriver to adjust the polepieces. The vol-
ume should be about the same for each string. If a string
is relatively too loud, lower its polepiece. If it's not loud
enough, raise its polepiece.
a polepiece, lower the entire assembly using the
pickup mounting screws. Then continue with the
adjustment.
4) Repeat the same procedure for each pickup.
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