Changing the height of the pole pieces on Pile driver.

[Ben233]

Recently I bought a piledriver set for my tele. and I have a quick question for this.

I installed this bridge pickup and I felt like I need more mid range than bass.

 
Do you think it;s possible to adjust the height of pole pieces on the 3rd and the 4th position on the pickup?
Somehow it;s very bassy, I like it though. No matter how I adjust the height of the pickup, the pole piece over 6th and the 1st are much closer to the strings than other strings, unless I change the height of each string seperately.

Could you help me on this?

 
 Also, what would be the optimum height of the pickup for the best sound?
 After hours of fiddling, I stopped my pickup 1.9 mm apart on the low E string and 1mm away on the high E.
 I guess it's too close to the strings. I'm okay with the sound tho.

 

 

[Stranger]

I don't know about changing the pole pieces, but I am also a new Piledriver owner.  I feel the pickups has too much mid range and too much bass.  I am going to try switching to 500k pots as recommended by BKP.  Perhaps that's an option if you have a typically wired telecaster with 250k.

[Ben233]

I don't know about changing the pole pieces, but I am also a new Piledriver owner.  I feel the pickups has too much mid range and too much bass.  I am going to try switching to 500k pots as recommended by BKP.  Perhaps that's an option if you have a typically wired telecaster with 250k.

  I already have put 500k pots on both Volume and Tone with an awesome V-cap.
  The first pickup I had was Seymour duncan Hot-rails and I replaced it to Dimazio Super Distortion for Tele.

  Maybe I was expecting too much, I can tell each string sounds very clear on the pile driver,
  but too much low Bass and low mid, so it doesn't sound balanced to me.
  Also, it doesn't have that wide-mid range distortion on it ,which Hot-rails and Super distortion have in common.
 
  I tried them out on my diezel herbert, marshall jubilee with 4 Vintage 30s today, and Im still not sure about the sound.
 
  The good impression I had was that it was very punchy with that low mid sound when palm muting,
  but it just lacks some sweet mid spot.
  Also, I read about someone who owns a pile driver wrote that this Pile driver has very good sustain,
  but I doubt that idea either.  The mid and hi died out earlier than the bass when a single note was played.
 
  I must be wrong seriously. I don't want to make any judgement yet but I think adjusting the pole pieces slightly would
 solve all the problems and kill all the other pickups

   So far,     Punchy (Bare knuckle >= Hot rails >> Super D)
                  Sustain (Super D >> Bare knuckle >= Hot rails)
                  Nice Bottom end (Super D > Bare knuckle > Hot rails)
                  mid range balance (super D >> Hot rails > Bare knuckle)
                  Hi and Presence (Hot rails > super D >= bare knuckle)
                  Clarity (Bare knuckle >> Hot rails > super D)
                  Quietness (Bare knucle > Hot rails >> suepr D)

  Any thought?











 

[lamp]

Have you tried adjusting the settings on your amp?

[Ben233]

Have you tried adjusting the settings on your amp?

 Yes, I did. but I think that it's something different tweeking mid, bass on the amp side.
 It's not just about the volume of mid-range, but maybe the resolution and the character of wide mid area?
 and all these things were more prominent in a higher volume when I had a practice with my band.
 I'm gonna keep trying to get the good result, though.
 How did you set up your pickup? and how on your amp?

 Tom told me that it's impossible to adjust the pole pieces.
 I think I should adjust the pickup height again. maybe the pickup was too close?
 Im gonna give it a shot to adjust the height of the bridge on the 3rd and the 4th strings.
  I still think this needs to be close to the pick up.


 I'll keep posting about the result.

[lamp]

That was going to be my next suggestion - adjusting the overall height of the pickup.  I don't have mine too close to the strings.
Amp wise, through my bassman bass on 5, treble on 7 or so. On my Orange, treble up 3/4 and bass around 12 o'clock.
Have to say I love the sound of mine.