Making a pickup louder with pots....

[Transcend]

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.

[WezV]

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

[gingataff]

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.

[Transcend]

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?

[WezV]

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!!!