a question about pick up

[herve]

hello friends

i have a question about my H140 CM

I have a level difference between the two pick ups, the neck is a little bit louder than the bridge.

Before to find a good and serious luthier in France, yes we have Heritage too i ask for your help maybe can i find a solution with the distance between strings and the pick up. The neck is close to the strings, for the bridge i try to move but i don't find the good position and feel the sound always a little bit down. Is it an electronic problem? I Have no scratch or cut when i change the pickup with the switch.

Before to let my baby in other hands i need your help if it is possible.

In any case i love this place and don't worry if i am not connect in the same hours than United States i will read during my breakfeast.

Is it true that we must have a second Heritage after the first

Hervé

[lb61906]

I had the same problem. However, it was my bridge pickup that was extreme loud and the neck pickup was low output. Sent the guitar back to the factory. Turned out to be a bad neck pickup and a bad volume pot. They replaced everything and sent it back to me. I'm a happy man now.

 

 

JJ

[big bob]

It could be the pot for the bridge needs replacing. Have you checked the out put for each pickup with a multi-meter.

I would bet Mars can help.

[SouthpawGuy]

When I got my 575 the neck pickup was far louder than the bridge, I lowered the neck pickup away from the strings and raised the bridge pickup to match.

[herve]

that' s right i didn't try the multi-meter and for the pot i think in french lol there is no problem because there is no problem between 0 > 10 but i am not a specialist

My lady is 22 and it is not easy to send back from France

thx a lot

[herve]

that' s right i didn't try the multi-meter and for the pot i think (in french lol) I have no trouble between 0 > 10 but i am not a specialist and it is every time at 10 for my "experimental blues"

My lady is 22 and it is not easy to send back from France

thx a lot

[athompsonG85]

Does the bridge sound puny? Like a wiring issue? Phase? Cold solder joint? Run Continuity with a DMM on every point A to point B. Check Cont on Pickup. Take pots out and use conductor cleaner spray and twist the pot attenuator back and forth. Are there any mysterious items inside?

 

What kind of pickups are they?

[herve]

oops seymour duncan i think

i don't know how to explain but it is like if the neck was at 10 and the bridge at 8 if i am clear

it s a small difference but the neck sounds better

in any case a big thx for your help

[Jazzerous]

hello friends

i have a question about my H140 CM

I have a level difference between the two pick ups, the neck is a little bit louder than the bridge.

Before to find a good and serious luthier in France, yes we have Heritage too i ask for your help maybe can i find a solution with the distance between strings and the pick up. The neck is close to the strings, for the bridge i try to move but i don't find the good position and feel the sound always a little bit down. Is it an electronic problem? I Have no scratch or cut when i change the pickup with the switch.

Before to let my baby in other hands i need your help if it is possible.

In any case i love this place and don't worry if i am not connect in the same hours than United States i will read during my breakfeast.

Is it true that we must have a second Heritage after the first

Hervé

Hi Herve, First let me say you should check the level of your pickups to the

strings. If the neck pup is close to the strings and the bridge is way low that could easily be why the volume is off between them. Before you do any electrical surgery try adjusting the two pups. There should be 2 screws on the sides of the pups screw them down and the pickup rises closer to the strings . Unscrew the screws on side and the pickup {pup} drops down. Typically the bridge will be set a little lower than the neck pup. Your mileage may vary depending on how low you strings are to the fret board. You can do this Herve Cheers Mike

[herve]

thx Mike

i will do the test this sunday

[GuitArtMan]

...Typically the bridge will be set a little lower than the neck pup...

Gotta disagree with that one. Unless you have a flamethrower for a bridge pickup and a cream puff for the neck pickup, the bridge pickup HAS to be closer to the strings to balance the volume with the neck pickup. It's simple physics. How much does the string move by the neck pickup? A lot. How much does the string move by the bridge pickup? Not so much. Since the pickup sense string movement, the neck pickup is going sense more movement. I find even with so called "balanced" sets where the bridge pickup is wound hotter, it still has to be closer to the strings to balance with the neck pickup.

[herve]

ok and thanks GuitArtMan

 

I did in the way you talk and have understand. The neck pickup is not closer to the strings (and i didn't move for the moment) i remove the bridge pickup closer as possible to the strings. The result is better than before and I am not a psycho acoustic specialist (lol) but now if the neck pot is at 9 and the bridge at 10 it's sounding well.

In a clean amp chanel the sound is very dry with the bridge pickup and it is more ample, wide and sustain is longer with the neck pickup.

I can still play with "that" difference" and when i buy a guitar the first thing i do is to try unplugged and after i try the neck pickup.

I am not sure to have the right words but music is universal and guitar passion too.

 

Hervé