Brian Dean-O
Inspired
I am a serial pickup changer, always have been but I've only ever just bought new ones when I decide I'm not happy with the ones I have so I've never tried reversing the pickup's direction or swapping positions though I know it's a thing. I'm looking for more information about what exactly reversing the direction of a pickup accomplishes tonality wise.
I currently have a SD Pegasus in the bridge and SD Sentient in the neck.
The Pegasus pickup in the bridge is overall nice I like the tone for the most part but I would like to warm/fatten it up a bit as it tends to range from overly trebly and sometimes kind of thin
I will be doing a string change later this week (I have to wait until at least Wednesday because the only guitar store in town that carries the strings I'm currently using is closed until then because they're at some guitar show in Arlington). I think it would be easy enough to unmount the pickup and flip it around to see what happens but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask first if anyone here has any experience with doing so so I might know what to expect or if it's even worth trying.
Maybe I should just opt for trying a different tone and/or volume pot after all as I've heard that that can warm up/fatten up a pickup's tone. You guys think that's more up the alley of what I'm wanting to do or would reversing it be worth a shot?
Thanks all.
I currently have a SD Pegasus in the bridge and SD Sentient in the neck.
The Pegasus pickup in the bridge is overall nice I like the tone for the most part but I would like to warm/fatten it up a bit as it tends to range from overly trebly and sometimes kind of thin
I will be doing a string change later this week (I have to wait until at least Wednesday because the only guitar store in town that carries the strings I'm currently using is closed until then because they're at some guitar show in Arlington). I think it would be easy enough to unmount the pickup and flip it around to see what happens but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask first if anyone here has any experience with doing so so I might know what to expect or if it's even worth trying.
Maybe I should just opt for trying a different tone and/or volume pot after all as I've heard that that can warm up/fatten up a pickup's tone. You guys think that's more up the alley of what I'm wanting to do or would reversing it be worth a shot?
Thanks all.
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