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Location: Mo. | I have a UK 2 solid body. Serial # E 12730. I recently reset it up, lowered the action and it plays much better. My problem is in setting the height of the pick- ups. The bridge pickup is great on the bass strings, but wimps out bad on the B and E strings?
The neck pickup seems fine after fooling around with it.
Also, any ideas on getting more sustain out of this guitar?
Anyone with specs or ideas on this subject I would love to hear about it. Or if this has been covered previously, please point me to the location.
Thanks
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | GV
Welcome to the board, I think you have asked a question that I don't recall being discussed. I think we have listed the factory settings but I don't recall anyone saying what settings they have actually found to work the best. I have been meaning to ask this same question about my solid body Viper. My son, who has played electric much more than me, had his strat type guitar set up with the bridge pickup close to the strings but the neck pickup set low, which he said is better for switching to rythym. This led me to think about the geometry of the pickups, and I think you might bend the strings out of the area of the magnet if it is super close. This, I hope, will spark a discussion of the proper setting of the pickups from some of our solid body players, after all one of the features of the Ovation solid bodies is the infinite capability of adjustment.
Welcome again
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Location: Scotland | I had the same problem with mine. Bring the treble side of the pickup closer to the strings & that should cure it. The UK2 pickups have rail-type poles rather than individual poles so the problem Bailey described isn't an issue.
Paul
[ November 03, 2002: Message edited by: Paul Templeman ] |
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Location: Mo. | OK, I will try moving it closer. Oddly the neck pick-up is pretty far away and works great. I guess I would be interested it what the factory setting were. When I bought this guitar the owners manual wasn't printed yet and they were supposed to send me one when they were done. Unfortunately I never recieved it.
Thanks for the help.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Don't worry about the owners manual, it's not printed yet. Set them to where they sound good. 1.5-2/32 on the treble side and 2-3/32 on the bass. The viper had magnetic pole pieces so if these get too close they'll actually pull the string, preecher too (like a strat will). The UK2 rails were non magnetic, the magnet was in the bottom of the pickup so it can get much closer. |
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Location: Mo. | 2/32 Seems awful close but I will give it a try. Paul suggested the same and I did move it up today and it seems marginally better. I am beginning to suspect some fault in the pickup.
That must be one busy printer up there. It's been twenty years.
Thanks,
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Not to worry, the guitar's been out of production for 18. |
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Location: WA. USA | Here's a tidbit or two regarding "Sustain" as it pertains to electric solidbody guitars;
Sustain is affected by several things on the guitar.
*Pickup type, and distance from the strings
('Hotter' pu=greater sustain, at the cost of tone)
*Type of wood used to make the neck, and Body
(typically, the harder the wood, the better the sustain/Tone)
*'Air gaps' mean less sustain, and muddier tone.
(this is why "SET Neck" guitars like the 'Les Paul', have inherently better sustain than "Bolt Necks" like the Stratocaster types)
Which is why some folks use tonewood, or metal shims when setting their Strat/Tele style guitar necks. And allways make sure they're Tight, (but not too tight)
There's a lot more to it, But that's the basics to give you an idea about some of the mechanics, and/or physics of the subject.
Hope that helps a lil' :) |
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