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Post subject: Highway One soft B (2nd) string
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:23 pm
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I have a Strat Highway One with light strings.
I notice the pickups have staggered height poles with the B (2nd) string pole being the shortest. Funnily enough the B string tends to have the lowest volume. I have worked on lowering the action to the max and raising the pickups but it still sounds softer than the others.

Does anyone have the same problem? Any solutions? I really don't want to use heavier guage strings either as I have heard the same strings on another guitar and the volume is equal across all strings and sounds fine.


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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:26 pm
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I have not noticed that on my Highway 1.

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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:13 pm
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The Highway 1 Strat pickups have design elements that are a hold over from a time when much heavier strings were the norm. Combine modern string guages, staggered alnico III pole pieces, how the B string behaves in even temperment tuning, and it is not overly surprising.
One possible cure for this behavior would be to switch to Fender SCN pickups. They have the right tone, balanced volume from string to string, are noiseless, and the soft magnetic field promotes better sustain.
Another more basic fix would be, that given the 9 1/2" radius of the fretboard; one could either adapt their playing technique, and/or flatten out the radius of the strings via bridge adjustment.


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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:15 pm
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try using a heavier b string if you dont want to change pickups


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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:42 am
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I thought you could take the pick push the pole pc. up alittle from the bottom ot the pup to make that pole pc. higher.


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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:30 am
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I had the same problem until I bought a "Keeley compressor" and now all is well. Check it out www. robertkeeley.com


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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:53 am
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Blueswaite wrote:
I thought you could take the pick push the pole pc. up alittle from the bottom ot the pup to make that pole pc. higher.


This is something that you do not want to do. It could break the winding and then you'll have a dead pickup.

Also never try to grind the pole pieces, they'll get too hot and ruin the pickup.


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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:07 pm
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Never had that problem with my Highway One


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