hi

just wondering how you go about lowering the pickups??
the g and d string are a little too punchy!

is it the little screws next to the pickups? if so how much do you turn them?
are we talking millimetres? or do they need a good turning?
and can i mess my guitar up if i dont know what im doing? or is it so easy george bush jnr cud do it???
thanks

oy vey, i dunno. the G & D are the hardest to adjust in my opinion because they are in the middle... you might want to raise the string height instead of lowering the pickups

Yes, it's the screws on the side of the pickups. Turn them a little at a time until you get what you are looking for. George Bush could easily do it! Try it. You can always reverse the process.

Well, maybe Bush Senior.

Bear in mind that due to the design of the CS 69 set, if you use an unwound G string, it is always going to be louder in comparison to the other strings. And if you lower the pickups too much in an effort to compensate, it will then become difficult to hear your high E string. The radius of your neck and how your bridge is set factors in to the string balance too.

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thanks guys,

gonna give it ago, carefully!!!

I'll bet a set of these puppies might help you out. At least you have a good starting reference point.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Measuring_tools/Understring_Radius_Gauges.html

Here are the recommended guidelines from Fenders site... so depending on the style of pickup that you have:

PICKUPS
Set too high, pickups can cause myriad inexplicable phenomena. Depress all the strings at the last fret. Using a 6" (150 mm) ruler, measure the distance from the bottom of the first and sixth strings to the top of the pole piece. A good rule of thumb is that the distance should be greatest at the sixth-string neck pickup position, and closest at the first-string bridge pickup position. Follow the measurement guidelines in the chart below as starting points. The distance will vary according to the amount of magnetic pull from the pickup.

Bass Side Treble Side
Texas Specials 8/64" (3.6 mm) 6/64" (2.4 mm)
Vintage style 6/64" (2.4 mm) 5/64" (2 mm)
Noiseless™ Series 8/64" (3.6 mm) 6/64" (2.4 mm)
Standard Single-Coil 5/64" (2 mm) 4/64" (1.6 mm)
Humbuckers 4/64" (1.6 mm) 4/64" (1.6 mm)
Lace Sensors As close as desired (allowing for string vibration)

I think that the CS 69's sound best basically flush with the pickguard. Give it a try!

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yeah did little adjustment, made a slightly tiny bit better, but like you say the design of the 69s make it hard to do.

what do you mean unwound string? i got ernie ball slinkys 10s.

Unwound is another word for plain. With your set, the unwound or plain strings are high E, B and G. The wound or wrapped strings are D, A and low E..

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