Re: A string in D & G position?


Doug Kanter wrote:
> "Joe s" <yfriend14424@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1131483990.336382.232870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Doug Kanter wrote:
> >> I really want to put my round wounds back on, but the D & G strings sound
> >> ridiculously thin. No balls at all. Assuming (incorrectly, but humor me)
> >> that the nut could accomodate it, would there be any reason not to order
> >> a
> >> set with one E string and three A strings? Damage to the neck? Just plain
> >> dumb?
> >>
> >> The strings in question are Peaveys, which came with my Cirrus. Can't
> >> find
> >> the thickness info at the moment. Stay tuned.
> >
> > Hi Doug,
> >
> > That would seem to put alot of stress on the neck. Are the pickups
> > close enough to the strings? Is it an active bass?
> >
> > Joe
> >
>
> Yes, it's active. The pickups are about as close as I can get them without
> the strings hitting them. I tend to play hard sometimes. That raises an
> interesting question, though. Is closer always better, or do pickups have a
> hot zone which might be further away than the way they're set at the moment?

Closer is not necessarily better. There is, indeed, a proper distance
from the PU to the string. Too close and you run into magnetic
damping, where the magnet attracts the metal in the string strongly
enough to keep it from vibrating properly.

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