StratStringSlinger
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I've been mostly a Strat player for most of my life. I do most of my own work on my guitars. I recently got a 2013 R7 and had a few questions regarding setting up the pickup heights.
When setting the pickup height do you normally do so with both the volume and tone knobs set to 10/wide open? I ask b/c I hear most Les Paul players use the volume knobs to balance the pickups and I also hear most Les Paul players roll off the tone knob (especially on the bridge pickup). So it baffles me how one can properly set the pickup balance and treble side correctly if the knobs are in a position that most Les Paul players don't use (i.e. wide open). It's kind of a chicken and the egg problem.
If you set the pickup heights with the knobs on full, then what are you listening for if you already anticipate you'll have to back off the volume on the rhythm pickup to compensate for volume and back off the treble pickup tone to take off the brightness.
If you are of the mindset to set the knobs where they are normally set, then where do start off (as middle ground) for the volume and tone knobs?
Thanks.
When setting the pickup height do you normally do so with both the volume and tone knobs set to 10/wide open? I ask b/c I hear most Les Paul players use the volume knobs to balance the pickups and I also hear most Les Paul players roll off the tone knob (especially on the bridge pickup). So it baffles me how one can properly set the pickup balance and treble side correctly if the knobs are in a position that most Les Paul players don't use (i.e. wide open). It's kind of a chicken and the egg problem.
If you set the pickup heights with the knobs on full, then what are you listening for if you already anticipate you'll have to back off the volume on the rhythm pickup to compensate for volume and back off the treble pickup tone to take off the brightness.
If you are of the mindset to set the knobs where they are normally set, then where do start off (as middle ground) for the volume and tone knobs?
Thanks.