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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:58 am
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Hollis Prince wrote:
Hertz(Hz) is the measure of sound frequency(what we hear as pitch) or, vibrations per second. The higher the frequency, the faster the vibrations. The string vibrates the air causing waves(sound). OR The pickups pick up the magnetic field occelations caused by the strings and sends 'em to the amp, and then the speaker vibrates the air, just like the string did originally.

I know most of you know all this, and that was a very crude explanation, but it seems that some of the fundemental physics are getting lost in some of these theories.


Don't forget the overtones probably play a role in this as well. I suspect the overtones that are picked up by the pickups depend on the location of said pickups.


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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:41 pm
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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:39 am
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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:30 pm
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Martian wrote:
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The reason is because most players hold the neck of their guitar higher than the body sits as they play. The Strat's bridge pickup was designed to be precisely at this same angle. This compensation causes the bridge pickup to point straight down towards the floor. The genius of this design lies in the fact that as most players play mostly over the bridge pickup and so, their sweat will drip directly onto the bridge pickup where it will consequently roll straight down, coating the entire pickup which in turn will produce the 'splashy' or 'surf' effect Strats are singularly famous for.


OK, man, I just picked up my strat, and put on the strap. I turned around and looked in the mirror and the treble pickup was straight up and down! :shock:

If I stand on my head will I get an out-of-phase sound? Please advise. :D


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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:03 pm
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Martian wrote:
WARNING: "Infallible Web Dogma" forthcoming:

The reason is because most players hold the neck of their guitar higher than the body sits as they play. The Strat's bridge pickup was designed to be precisely at this same angle. This compensation causes the bridge pickup to point straight down towards the floor. The genius of this design lies in the fact that as most players play mostly over the bridge pickup and so, their sweat will drip directly onto the bridge pickup where it will consequently roll straight down, coating the entire pickup which in turn will produce the 'splashy' or 'surf' effect Strats are singularly famous for.


OK, man, I just picked up my strat, and put on the strap. I turned around and looked in the mirror and the treble pickup was straight up and down! :shock:

If I stand on my head will I get an out-of-phase sound? Please advise. :D


Nah, but the guitar's overall tonality will become top-heavy. :lol:

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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:44 pm
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Martian wrote:
stratoBobster wrote:
Martian wrote:
WARNING: "Infallible Web Dogma" forthcoming:

The reason is because most players hold the neck of their guitar higher than the body sits as they play. The Strat's bridge pickup was designed to be precisely at this same angle. This compensation causes the bridge pickup to point straight down towards the floor. The genius of this design lies in the fact that as most players play mostly over the bridge pickup and so, their sweat will drip directly onto the bridge pickup where it will consequently roll straight down, coating the entire pickup which in turn will produce the 'splashy' or 'surf' effect Strats are singularly famous for.


OK, man, I just picked up my strat, and put on the strap. I turned around and looked in the mirror and the treble pickup was straight up and down! :shock:

If I stand on my head will I get an out-of-phase sound? Please advise. :D


Nah, but the guitar's overall tonality will become top-heavy. :lol:


:lol: Works for me; glad I asked!


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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:50 am
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Mine are all parallel to the bridge:

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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 4:51 am
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I have always thought that the Strats down here in the southern hemisphere were a little odd.

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It obviously has something to do with the polarity of the earth, or possibly it's rotation.

....but I'm no expert. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 3:48 pm
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I have always thought that the Strats down here in the southern hemisphere were a little odd.

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It obviously has something to do with the polarity of the earth, or possibly it's rotation.

....but I'm no expert. :wink:

....Mark.

Of course it would sound exactly like the Hendrix tribute Strats. I would like one this way actually.


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Post subject: Re: Why is a Strat Bridge Pickup at an angle?
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 2:52 pm
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We have a saying here in the South... "Don't look a gift horse in the pocketbook"...or was it... "Which came first the chicken or the cow?"...somethin like that.
Works good & looks cool. Enuf said. God bless Leo & the boys! :wink:


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