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One of the customer complaints on the Gibson Advanced Jumbo is an unbalanced pickup sound. The saddle that was on it was nowhere near flat and now that I’ve made the new one, it seems marginally better but, the D&G strings are louder and the low E seems a little anemic.
Looking at the install the store did, the sensor for the D&G is too close to the pins aka, not where it should be.
Looks like they slathered CA on the sensors so I’m not excited by the prospects of removal and will be talking it through with the customer.
Any advice from those of you that have installed these and/or fixed botched installs?
The photo is focused on the strings. Might take them off again to try again but, comparing what I see to what the installation instructions show, it wasn’t done right at the store.
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They’re next to impossible to remove without destroying them if they’ve been installed with super glue, so you’ll probably have to replace it outright. Which strings was the customer complaining about sounding unbalanced? K&K recommends installing the treble side pickup directly in front of the high E pin hole, rather than between the two, but even then, the high E can often be a little quieter than the rest with these pickups.
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I’ve removed them successfully only 3 times…but you can get individual sensors from K&K if one gets sliced trying to remove it…
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That placement does not look too bad. Certainly could be better but there are scenarios where there’s no option but to install the pickups that close to the pin holes because there’s no room at the front end of the bridge plate and they sound fine. I would steer the client towards investing in a preamp with some reassurance that the difference in relocating would be negligible. I definitely wouldn’t give any guarantee of being able to salvage the pickup upon removal.
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Ive had pretty good luck slipping a razor blade between the pickup and the bridgeplate.
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Thanks everyone. The customer is going to take it and try it. The sensor in the D/g is really close to the pin hole. They sound louder than the rest of the strings. The outside sensors look pretty good in terms of location but the low E still sounds a little anemic.
The customer is going to pick it up and try it now that there’s a new saddle. If he doesn’t like, it I’ll let him know about possible replacement sensors or pickup alternatives. LR Baggs has a new one that looks promising.
He spent a lot of money on this guitar used, and now a fair amount on repair work. The store really didn’t do right by him when he pointed out the issues but, considering that particular place, I’m not surprised.
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