Musicman PUP Magenet adjustment

[JaydeePlayer]

I am delighted with a pre-EB Stingray, but it displays the standard weakness of the G string being slightly quieter than the rest. In fact the A and D are also louder than the E. I note that the magnets are higher for the A and D to cater for the expected variation in the height of the strings due to the fingerboard camber.

I'd like to lessen the difference by either raising the G and E or pressing down the A and D. Is this possible without damaging anything? Has anyone ever done this?

Thanks

 

[walterw]

i wouldn't go hammering on the magnets of a MM pickup, which is the only way you could adjust them individually. you'd likely break a coil wire and kill the pickup.

how close is the pickup? MM pickups in general have a lot of pull and should be a bit further away from the strings than say, fender pickups. drop it down, especially on the bass side, and the string-to-string differences will likely lessen.

 

[JaydeePlayer]

Hi Thanks, Walter.
I had no intention in using a hammer(!) just wondered if they were an interference fit and could be pressed. If they're fixed in some way (glue?) this would be impossible.

Good advice about the clearance, I generally have the magnets as close as possible to the string to allow some robust playing but keep a good output. You're right about the pull, slack strings find their home! I have already dropped the E side of the pickup, I will now drop the whole lot to see how it helps.

Thanks