G&L L2000 Pickup height

[OshKoshJoash]

Whats up guys.

I was just wondering at what height you guys have your pickups. Stock, my L2k tribute's humbuckers seem a bit too high for my style of playing. I love to dig in, but at their stock height it makes the tone too aggressive, so I lowered them by a few turns of the screws and it really has helped a lot.

So I was just curious, what about you guys? Have you messed with pickup height at all? Any change of specific pole heights?

Thanks. I look forward to any and all input.

-Joash

[spideyjg]

Originally Posted by OshKoshJoash

Whats up guys.

I was just wondering at what height you guys have your pickups. Stock, my L2k tribute's humbuckers seem a bit too high for my style of playing. I love to dig in, but at their stock height it makes the tone too aggressive, so I lowered them by a few turns of the screws and it really has helped a lot.

So I was just curious, what about you guys? Have you messed with pickup height at all? Any change of specific pole heights?

Thanks. I look forward to any and all input.

-Joash

I put mine as high as possible without the string hitting them. You act like aggressive tone is a bad thing?

Jim

[tornadobass]

Mine are set for factory spec on the Tribute L-2500. Get one of those little 6" rulers with 32nds and 64ths and check the actual height on the two outside strings with the strings pressed down on the last fret.

They're certainly a hot pickup!

I recall the Bass Player review mentioned that they lowered the pickups away from the strings, but if you're not clunking the strings into the pickups while playing, you're okay at factory spec. If you are hitting the strings, you might think about how hard you're playing...many guys I've seen at local jams play too hard.

[BobaMosfett]

My reference point is the sound I hear when popping the G-string over the neck pickup. If it's too high, I hear a really nasty loud click when doing that. I don't think the string hits the pickup, though, but I might be wrong. It sounds more like I'm overdriving the pickup...
When I got that height right, I adjust the pickup so that I get the same volume from all strings (screws and polepieces), and then I do the same for the bridge pickup while matching the output with the neck pickup.
No rulers involved, but it works for me!

[lug]

I put mine as low as they can go and still end up with a way hot signal. I like the sound of the bass better this way.

[Chef]

Jim and I are of the same school of thought here.
I want *everything* any pup can give me; so, pups as high as I can run them without foulding the strings on them when I dig in.
While on some other brands pickups with weaker output I find the adjustable pole pieces handy for balancing output across the strings, I don't find this necessary with G&L pups.
Except the Early SB2 JJ pups. I do set those to match neck radius.
Now, having said all that, I did have one 1981 L2Ke whose pup's magnetic field was so hot that it was messing with the strings ability to vibrate freely and really garbling tone up. I did lower the pups on it a lot more than I usually run them at, and this cleaned up the sound a lot without messing with the basses huge output.

Originally Posted by spideyjg

I put mine as high as possible without the string hitting them. You act like aggressive tone is a bad thing?

Jim