I 've been playin around with my pickup heights
looking for a sweet spot
is it my imagination or do the strings
get feel tighter the closer you put the pickups up
to the strings it is noticeable during bends and even fretting
am i imagining this or what
do i just need new strings

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It is most likely your imagination unless you have the pickups SO close to the strings that the magnets are actually exerting pulling force on them.

Whether you need new strings or not is an entirely independent issue of which, you've offered no tangible information to base a decision on.

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If you have the pickups really cose to the strings a magnetic force will be exerted upon them. you wont be able to tell a differerence until you hit the higher frets (12 ish) and it will sound funny. (false Harmonics i think..)

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+1

PUP's too close to the strings will affect the sound in many cases (depending on the pup's you have installed), but not the tension on the strings (again, in most cases). If you think you need new strings, put a new set on.

Set the new string height at Fender spec, then adjust from there.

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Unless you have Lace Sensors, it will matter. There may be appreciable pull exerted on your strings, if close enough.

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If the strings are to close to the magnet you will get false harmonice. They will even dampen the string because of the magnetic field pulling the string down. It is nothing mysterious thats how pickups work the strings in the magnetic field inducing voltage in the coil. Different strength magnets and how close the strings they are going to change all the varibles so yes you want to find that sweet spot. Moving the magnetic field.

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