Hitting the pickups

metallicafan18 · #1 10-24-2009, 03:12 PM

I have a problem.

When I'm slapping or playing something harder, my strings keeping hitting the poles of my pickups and it makes a loud "CLICK!" sound. Is the only way to fix this is by lowering the pickups?

Demon_Hunter · #2 10-24-2009, 03:22 PM

Don't hit so hard?

Derk_Falsco · #3 10-24-2009, 03:48 PM

Is there a way to lower the pickup poles further into the casing so the strings hit the casing and not the poles themselves? Other than lowering the entire pickup, raising the string height, or not playing so hard, that's about all I can think of.

Slax · #4 10-24-2009, 03:50 PM

I've also heard you can put electrical tape over the pickups to stop it from making a connection with the poles.

JPaulGeddy · #5 10-24-2009, 07:18 PM

Isn't waxing/epoxying supposed to help with that too? Seem to remember Sheehan does it for that reason.