Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: Transcend on July 06, 2007, 03:45:11 PM

Title: Making a pickup louder with pots....
Post by: Transcend on July 06, 2007, 03:45:11 PM

is this possible?? like if i put a higher value volume pot for my neck pickup would i be able to get that bit extra volume.... because after a lot of thinking ive realised my neck pickup tone is exactly what i want from a neck pickup.,.. its just far too quiet compared to the miracle man.

Title: Making a pickup louder with pots....
Post by: WezV on July 06, 2007, 04:11:31 PM

try raising it then setting the MM so you have a volume match when switching between pickups - then use a bit more volume on the amp

changing the value of the volume pot will not increase the output of the guitar

Title: Making a pickup louder with pots....
Post by: gingataff on July 06, 2007, 04:17:00 PM

Make your pickup louder, go WITHOUT pots.
If you wire your pickup direct to the output jack it will be at it's loudest and brightest. Perhaps a compromise is a mini switch that will bypass the volume and tone to give you this option.

Title: Making a pickup louder with pots....
Post by: Transcend on July 06, 2007, 05:03:02 PM

ahh i will try altering the height of it.... i dont want to be adding switches etc to my guitar its already been abused enough lol

hmm would getting it rewound have any other drastic changes other than more definition?

Title: Making a pickup louder with pots....
Post by: WezV on July 06, 2007, 06:13:56 PM

no point rewinding it if you like the sound. also no point changing the neck pickup

... but...

Its gonna be hard to get the pickups to match if you have a MM in the bridge and something with way less power in the neck (compared to a MM neck pickup - because obviously neck pickups need less power than the bridge unit anyway)

thats why tim makes calibrated sets!!!