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03.28.21, 03:27 PM #1
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EVH Wolfgang Special question
I have perhaps the most random question of the day... I was restringing my Wolfgang Special, and I noticed the bridge pickup is angled forward (the bobbin closest to the neck is pointing toward the strings and the bobbin closer to the bridge is angled closer to the body). I've owned this guitar for five years, and I've never noticed this before. The pickup feels solidly screwed into the wood (it's doesn't move at all if I try to jostle it).
I thought I was losing it, so I asked my wife, and she concurred that the pickup is indeed slanted. I looked online to see if this is how they come from the factory, but no photos I saw seemed to look like what's going on with my guitar. I can post a picture if it's helpful, but I was wondering if something is amiss, or, like the dealer told my parents when the headlight cover stopped working on their then-new 1977 Ford Thunderbird, "they all do that."
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03.28.21, 03:47 PM #2
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That probably doesn’t make any discernible difference in the sound of the guitar.
Not something to worry about.
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It should not be like that. It may or may not be a big deal... you would have to try to know for sure. It is within the realm of possibility that you flatten it out and think "darn, it sounded better when it was slanted"!
My Peavey HP2 has the same problem on the neck pickup. I made a shim and stuck it under the baseplate so that when I tightened the screws all the way, the pickup sits flat.
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since these are body mounted the legs may have been slightly tweaked. are the pickups level to the strings? they need to be level to strings not the neck or body. pics would be a huge help.
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