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9) Alternate Installations;
If you like the more acoustic tone from the banjo use either steel shim and mount it under the outer
bridge foot as shown below.
Another popular way to mount the pickup is by placing the steel a little behind the bridge but
still close to it. Experiment. Just be sure that the pickup is directly centered over the steel shim
and that is spaced away by a business card thickness .015” (.38mm).
The output can be adjusted by moving the pickup closer or further away from the steel shim.
Adjusting to a credit card thickness (.030) will cut the output by about 30%.
Bridge Posts
Round Shim under the outer
bridge post inside the banjo
(alternate placement)
Bridge Post
1/4” Spacers
provided
Placement of the steel shim depends entirely on the tone you want from the instrument.
If you mount it where the head is looser (away from the bridge) the tone will be much rounder
and hollow sounding, with more of an acoustic sound.
