Hi folks,
Asked another way, I have PUPs whose pole pieces will be fairly out of whack with my B and G strings, and is it worth installing them and trying them out, or is it a lost cause?
I did a quick search but didn't see a definitive answer for this (or I didn't read closely enough) so I wanted to test the waters before I 1) install them only to see that this defies physics too much or 2) return them or put them up for sale.
By "out of whack" I mean the following: There are two poles for each string (these are five string Ultra Jazz PUPs). Instead of being between its two pole pieces, the B string would be above the "bottom pole" of its two poles (actually slightly towards below that pole). The G string would be off by basically the same amount, just in the opposite direction. E and D strings off less so (almost between the poles) and of course the A string (being center-most) is spot on (yea! one out of five ain't bad).
I'm fairly embarrassed. For how much I measured to make sure the PUPs would fit the routes in the body, and considered how I'd modify the pickguard to make them fit, I failed to measure for string spacing. Ugh. To be less self-deprecating, I had been comforted by a poster who mentioned string spacing wasn't a problem for his 5 string SX (mine is an SX, too) using Ultra Jazz PUPs.
I can get specific measurements if useful.
What do folks think?
HooBass
Asked another way, I have PUPs whose pole pieces will be fairly out of whack with my B and G strings, and is it worth installing them and trying them out, or is it a lost cause?
I did a quick search but didn't see a definitive answer for this (or I didn't read closely enough) so I wanted to test the waters before I 1) install them only to see that this defies physics too much or 2) return them or put them up for sale.
By "out of whack" I mean the following: There are two poles for each string (these are five string Ultra Jazz PUPs). Instead of being between its two pole pieces, the B string would be above the "bottom pole" of its two poles (actually slightly towards below that pole). The G string would be off by basically the same amount, just in the opposite direction. E and D strings off less so (almost between the poles) and of course the A string (being center-most) is spot on (yea! one out of five ain't bad).
I'm fairly embarrassed. For how much I measured to make sure the PUPs would fit the routes in the body, and considered how I'd modify the pickguard to make them fit, I failed to measure for string spacing. Ugh. To be less self-deprecating, I had been comforted by a poster who mentioned string spacing wasn't a problem for his 5 string SX (mine is an SX, too) using Ultra Jazz PUPs.
I can get specific measurements if useful.
What do folks think?
HooBass
