Wide spacing rebell yell on a standard spacing guitar ?

[deewey78]

Hi,

I've recently bought a bridge Rebell Yell, and i am just noticing that it's a wide spacing model. My guitar is a Gibson ThePaul (like a Les Paul but with no maple top, and Black American Walnutt instead of Mahogany) with a standard spaced string. Can i use still use this pick up ?

Thank you

[Kiichi]

Hi and welcome.

If I recall correctly this should not make a huge difference, hardly a problem usually. Far as I recall EVHs frankenstein guitar has wrong spacing too.

[littleredguitars2]

I really doubt you would notice a tonal difference. It's mostly about how the sound drops a tiny bit with bends and such when the string is no longer over the pole . Which is why some people like pickups like the black hawk that has long rails so you get no drop out.  But it's pretty hard to notice

[deewey78]

Thanks ! I intend to use this pick up only with quite a lot of gain, so a slight volume change during a bend is not a big issue.

[littleredguitars2]

Yeah I doubt you'll notice a thing

[richard]

I'll be interested to hear how the RY sounds in walnut. I had a walnut SG for a while that had a very different sound to my mahogany SG.

[deewey78]

No problem, i can record some sample once i have set the pick up. I have been advised to choose the RY by the team of Bare Knuckle.

[richard]

I know it's been said countless times but - be prepared to spend a lot of time adjusting the height of the RYs. They are very sensitive to height adjustment and experimentation will let you find your own sweet spot.

[Kiichi]

I know it's been said countless times but - be prepared to spend a lot of time adjusting the height of the RYs. They are very sensitive to height adjustment and experimentation will let you find your own sweet spot.

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[Dave Sloven]

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[Kiichi]

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[Dave Sloven]

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