Sometimes a loose strap holder
maylead to a contact fault in the
endpin socket. There are aftermar-
ket solutions with straplocks for
acoustic guitars that may prevent
this.
Uneven balance
Attention to proper string balance
is a normal issue with all pickup
systems – more or less obvious –
depending e.g. on the dynamic
range of the system. Just listen to
your instrument as it is without
pickup and play each individual
string one after the other with
the same impulse. You may find
that the natural reproduction of
the strings is already uneven. Just
one example of many reasons for
uneven reproduction.
How to react:
If you don’t have a luthier at hand,
go through the following steps:
Assuming the installation of the
saddle is correct, all surfaces are
even and straight and the pickup
is working properly, you can add
layers of scotch tape to the saddle
at weak positions to increase the
pressure on relevant crystals.
To find the proper balance may
require a little extra time and work
which is annoying for everyone –
especially the installer – but it has
to be done – there is no way to
evade it!
