anybody know the factory Comanche pick up height spec's ?

[Fumble fingers]

the previous owner (s) have the PU's out of wack , neck pup was so low it was muddy ..... are all the PU's adjusted at the same height or is bridge closer to the strings and neck the farthest from strings ?? ......

I been playing with it and have them all sounding better but would like to know the factory set up height is set at .... I searched the knowledge base and didn't find anything

thanks , Eric

[louis cyfer]

it's a personal preference thing. adjust the bridge pup to the best tone and adjust the others for volume balance. i have never left a guitar at factory spec.

[Craig]

the previous owner (s) have the PU's out of wack , neck pup was so low it was muddy ..... are all the PU's adjusted at the same height or is bridge closer to the strings and neck the farthest from strings ?? ......

I been playing with it and have them all sounding better but would like to know the factory set up height is set at .... I searched the knowledge base and didn't find anything

thanks , Eric

There are at least four posts in the G&L Tech Tips sub-forum of the Knowledgebase (searched with keywords: pickup height):

What should the pickup height setting be?
Tech Tip - Pickup Height
Pick-up height for Z-Coil?
Pickup Height for MFD Pickups

They give you some starting points and then go on to say essentially what louis cyfer posted.

[Fumble fingers]

thanks , I read the Comanche post but I was thinking they needed to be different heights depending on witch pu , I will compare to how I have adjusted now and go from there .... the z's seem a little tricky

[louis cyfer]

thanks , I read the Comanche post but I was thinking they needed to be different heights depending on witch pu , I will compare to how I have adjusted now and go from there .... the z's seem a little tricky

they should be different heights if you want the pickups to balance with each other

[jediguitarist]

it's a personal preference thing. adjust the bridge pup to the best tone and adjust the others for volume balance. i have never left a guitar at factory spec.

Ditto. I adjust the bridge pickup to the point where the magnetic pull from the pole pieces is just noticible. Then I listen and adjust. With single coils, it's not much. With some of the humbuckers it varies more than I would think. I borrow a friends strobe tuner but I've used a tuner plugin through a DAW for similar results.

[Fumble fingers]

will it matter if I adjust it through my floor pod and head-phones ... or ... Peavey Classic 30 ??....... I assume it would be better to adjust through the amp verses head phones

thanks , Eric

[louis cyfer]

will it matter if I adjust it through my floor pod and head-phones ... or ... Peavey Classic 30 ??....... I assume it would be better to adjust through the amp verses head phones

thanks , Eric

whatever you use more. to me the amp tends to give me better sense of the tone.

[Fumble fingers]

I have a better feel on the amp so I'll have to wait for when no ones home .... from messing with it sunday it turned out I'm pretty close to the 1/8 , 1/16 at 22 fret , so thats encouraging my ear is fairly close because I changed them a bunch .... I hate having to make big adjustment when I'm fairly new to setting up a electric guitar and a Comanche Z coil to boot

thanks, Eric

[blargfromouterspace]

.... I hate having to make big adjustment when I'm fairly new to setting up a electric guitar and a Comanche Z coil to boot

Shouldn't matter Eric, its easy enough to undo whatever changes you make. Keep going until you get it right.

[Fumble fingers]

it's amazing what a 1/4 turn will do on the bridge PU , from micro phonic to perfect in a 1/4 turn


since I'm setting it up I might as well ask , when I check intonation low E is flat on the 12th fret ..... do I need to make the string longer or shorter ??.... I'm thinking shorter , is that right ?

thanks , Eric

[Elwood]

it's amazing what a 1/4 turn will do on the bridge PU , from micro phonic to perfect in a 1/4 turn


since I'm setting it up I might as well ask , when I check intonation low E is flat on the 12th fret ..... do I need to make the string longer or shorter ??.... I'm thinking shorter , is that right ?

thanks , Eric

Yes shorter, your thinking right.
cool news about the bridge pup.
elwood