According to you, which is the best setup (height) for hwy 1 pickups (original ones)? I have a rosewood one and i'm looking for classic strat sound.

Thanks for your answers!

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Chet has what he calls the nickle method. If you do a search using "the nickle method" and CaFeathers as the OP you should be able to find it. Some good info on that thread.

+1 on the Nickel method. I use it on mine. All you need is 2 US nickels and follow the directions, tweak as necessary.

RK

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

At the risk of sounding flippant, wouldn't it be best to be guided by your ears? Start at 1/4" distance then work the distance down as nec. Till it sounds right! Experiment also with differing heights between the treble and bass sides of the pickup..

The Highway has alnico 3 pickups as I recall (I changed mine), so you'll struggle to get "authentic vintage" Strat sounds (if that's what you're after). But you should be able to get into the ballpark.

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Adey completely removed from this topic, got any pickups you want to sell?

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No no and no

The nickle system or Fenders specs are a great starting point but I always finish the job with my ears so all my strings and all my pups have the same sustain/ tone and loudness!! No drop off between high E or low E and no extreme difference in between pups when switching from one to the other. Works for me!!

I always start with the nickel method then fine tune to where those pickups sound good to me.

The stock pickups in my Highway 1 are set almost even with the pickguard.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Thank you all guys for your great advices!!

Let me tell you, after about 3 hours of learning from the forum and the holy aid from St. Google ^^ finally I found the right setup.

I love the sound I have now. I invite you to try my setup, it's really amazing sound:

bass side: 6/64" (2.4 mm)
treble side: 5/64" (2 mm)


Once again, thank you very much!




P.S. : I tried nickel method too ^^. I used a 10 pesos chilean coin

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I've got a set of Fender Mod Shop SCNs that were briefly on my Highway 1. They're back in the box now doing nothing in particular. I can't really see me putting them on anything else.

I'm sure I have a Seymour Duncan SSL1 (neck) laying around somewhere and a Fender Alnico 3 (bridge) that came from my Highway.

Adey

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Mell....."I love the sound I have now. I invite you to try my setup, it's really amazing sound:

bass side: 6/64" (2.4 mm)
treble side: 5/64" (2 mm) "

what do you guys use to measure the 2.4mm (6/64")? as I can't get anything that measures this accurately!!! only can get a ruler that measure to whole mm's.

I'd try the coin method..but i'm in the euro zone..can anyone recommend a suitable euro coin to use?

Find two coins that stacked measure about 5/64 (2mm). Remember that the nickel method is just a starting point and fine tuning is needed.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

Thanks CAFeathers....I checked out your thread on the Nickel Method....that is a great simple way (all great ideas seem simple when someone smart makes them simple!!) to measure the heights (i've nearly strained my eyes trying to measure 2mm below the strings!!!!) ..........the fine tuning advice is fantastic for me as I'm just learning about it all.

Could I use the nickel method to adjust the action also? or do you recommend something else?

Thanks again your expert advice it is a great help.

For my action I start with Fender specs here: http://www.fender.com/support/stratocas ... _guide.php then play each string up and down the neck to check for buzz. I f there is not I lower each saddle 1 full turn on each screw, then check for buzz again. I repeat this until any one string at one fret starts to buzz, then I raise each saddle screw 1/2 turn.

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I didn't Lose my mind, I traded it for this guitar.

For my action I start with Fender specs here: http://www.fender.com/support/stratocas ... _guide.php then play each string up and down the neck to check for buzz. I f there is not I lower each saddle 1 full turn on each screw, then check for buzz again. I repeat this until any one string at one fret starts to buzz, then I raise each saddle screw 1/2 turn.[/quote]

Thanks again for all your advice and help.

i have a dumb question, 2 nickels bass and 1 nickel on treble side, is this with the last fret, fretted?
by the way, prayers for you mell.

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