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Installation
If you need to readjust the pickup height …
If the pickup height needs to be re-adjusted,
remove the strings and carefully pry the pickup
from the guitar by sliding a thin, flat object (e.g. a
small knife blade) under the sixth-string end of the
pickup — between the pickup and top spacer —
and gently lifting the pickup away from the spacer.
Readjust the height as required by adding or
removing spacers:
• To add a new spacer in order to raise the
pickup, remove any used double-sided tape
from the existing spacer, then attach the new
spacer to the top of the existing spacer after
removing its backing.
• When removing a spacer to lower the pickup,
be sure to remove both the spacer and its
backing tape.
Finally, attach fresh double-sided tape to the
bottom of the pickup, remove the backing, care-
fully attach the pickup to the uppermost spacer,
then re-string and tune the guitar.
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Installation Procedure — Screw
Screw installation has several advantages over
tape installation: screw installation is more secure,
the height of the pickup can be more precisely
adjusted., and pickup height can be easily re-
adjusted as required without having to remove and
reattach double-sided tape.
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NOTES
• Screw installation requires at least a 13 millimeter
(1/2”) space between the guitar top and strings.
• Adjust the pickup height using spacers (no springs) if
the distance between guitar top and strings is less
than 13 mm.
1. Mark the optimum position for
installation.
The pickup should be located between the
bridge pickup and bridge (see “NOTES” below).
The cable end of the pickup should be oriented
toward the sixth string (low E). One pair of the
pickup’s magnetic yokes should be under each
string. String spacing varies somewhat on different
guitars, and the pickup will function properly as
long as each string passes over part of the corre-
sponding yokes (not necessarily the exact center).
The double-sided tape can then be “rolled” off
the bottom of the pickup as shown in the illustra-
tion.
Bridge
Pickup
Bridge pickup
OK
OK
NG
String
Pickup’s magnetic yokes
No more than
20 millimeters
(3/4")
