How to make better tone? / Pickup height secret! / Stratocaster Guitar Set Up TFGD#5
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- How to make better tone? / Pickup height secret! / TFGD#5
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I always set my strat string height at 2.4 mm on the bass then 2mm on the treble. Other players on youtube seem to jack it up high for strat pickups.
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It's kind of a strange coincidence that you made this video. I never made a video of myself doing this?.. but this is how I have always set up my guitars. It's a tone secret that not many people know. Whenever I play with bands people are always asking me why are set "crooked". I tell them "they're not crooked there where their supposed to be".
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1:20 High Pick Up, 3:30 Low Pick Up.
Awesome!
This is all true. You have to dial it in to get the right tone. It’s a tedious process, but well worth it.
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With a pickup heightened, the string stops vibrating, due to the magnetism from the pole pieces. A string too close to the pickup poles can also distort or warble, and actually negatively affect the intonation. Sometimes, I wish I played a digital piano.
I'm fairly certain this is just a myth, someone on TH-cam tested it, even with magnets far greater than those on the guitar and the strings were fine. I don't remember the name of the video however
@@SIlly28 the string doesn't all together stop playing, it sounds generally the same just with a weird "gurgle", it's sounds like a accidental slow vibrato kind of
@@SIlly28 Not a myth at all, it just depends on the type of magnet. My strat has Fat 50's which are Alnico 5's. If the neck pickup is too close to the strings then I get the warble effect when the note sustains so i have to set them pretty low.
@@rydera9121 Fair enough, never really noticed on my own either, so you're probably right about the other magnets
I play keyboard, you don't, it's hours and hours of programming for good sounds before you can afford great plug-ins yet alone a great keyboard lol
Great tip. Recently swapped my guitar's pickups and was somewhat unhappy with the result. But adjusting their height with your advice in mind made a huge difference. Now they sound amazing to me. Much more balanced and dynamic.
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So glad I found you on TH-cam, very helpful. Nice playing Tomo was as well
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Finally found someone who made a video on this. Trying to explain this to some who say it has to be a certain measurement instead of no, it's how it sounds. Thank you.
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I will try on my strat. Thanks Fujita-San. BTW I subscribed to your channel and I am looking forward to seeing more. 😎
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Squier strats are really good instruments these days! I have a standard I got last year, it's very resonant and the pickups are alnico and fantastic, they don't even need to be changed. Great strat tone in all positions.
Thanks for the tip! And great playing, love the tones!!
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Excellent advice, sir. Thank you. Just did it on my Fender CS Esquire '59, and it sounds/feels MUCH more sweet & balanced.
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Great tip Tomo, learned something new after years of playing. Thanks!
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Great demo learned a lot that's the great thing about these demos every day's a school day for guitar nerds like me keep up the great work
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Just bought my first strat copy 5 days ago. Spend a few days figuring out how to set the trem properly, and now I'm here to figure out where I should set the pickups. Love the videos, and your playing is always amazing.
So nice to hear that! Thank you!!
Same here.
Thank you!
asymmetrical set up to the pick ups makes so much sense to me.
Thank you again
Boaz
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Great info!!! Definitely gonna work in my Stratocaster!
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It was a pleasure and a learning experience at the same time to watch your video!
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Nice video! I really enjoy your content, and playing! I enjoy your approach to teaching!! God Bless You! : )
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Subscribed. Real advice on set up from a real guitar player. Simple and straight forward. Going to do this to my Strat right now. Many thanks indeed my friend.
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thank you sir. you're my fav guitar teacher on youtube
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This is great! Professor Snapes explaining :D
Thanks!
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Thank you for the simple explanation, new to guitar here and didnt realize i could do this with mine. 👍
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The Pro Reverb sounds beautiful great content
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Tube output stage. Only the Princeton has that as well.
Had my strat for 10 years and never realised you could adjust the pickups 🤦♂️ My neck pickup sounds instantly better.
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Tbh I didn't knew until I bought my electric guitar last month
There's screws. How can you not know that they're adjustable when there screws? Also, in 10 years of guitar playing how did you never have the desire to adjust your pick up height? Lol
@@chrisking6695 because Jonathan is lying…. That’s why he never adjusted his pickups 🤣
@@chrisking6695 You can’t knock someone for not knowing something, that’s the basic fundamentals of learning! Screws could be seen as basically holding the thing in place and not necessarily for adjusting so if you don’t know you simply don’t know and don’t really question it. I’ve been playing for nearly 50 years and knew this about 49 years ago but I wouldn’t choose to criticise someone for not knowing it.
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... very nice tips there, Tommo... & u play very well, too...
Thank you!!
Great pick-up height adjustment advice! I just lowered my strat pick-ups under the low e. Sustain and tone improved. Thx Tomo!
Glad it helped!
Lower pickups stop that spikey sharp sound and smoothes the tone between the bass and treble strings.
amazing channel, very educational!
Thank you so much!
You play really good. Nice video. Thanks.
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Great Job with this Demo and explanation. Fantastic tone-too. Enjoyed it. oNe LovE from NYC
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Wow, thanks this is some helpful stuff! 5:25 and that's how my strat was already set up from the store which is nice. I prefer low pickup rather than high. And again thank you for the nice vid!
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Wow, great tone. Sounds terrific.
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Very good demo, Tomo. Respect 🙏
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Great Information! Thank You Tomo
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for the video , i just set my pickups the same way and it made a big difference.👍
That's so fantastic to hear that. I do this to most of my Berklee students and everyone always makes a big smile! I have all kind of tools inside of my desk! You're welcome! I am very happy that I am helpful to someone!
I watched this video, I adjusted my pick ups similarly to where you had them here. My Strat sounds great thank you!
Great to hear!
Thank you for your advice and wisdom. The setup hight worked 100% for me. My pick harmonics are now easy to play.
You're very welcome! Good job!
ty for sharing ur wisdom with us dude
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great video!! I asked you about this on instagram. Thank you!!
Thank you!! Then, here we go!!
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nice clean sound & great playing
Thanks!
12 bar blues is great to practice with and jam.
really nice tone thank you for the help
Thank you!
Tasty licks brah ...good info ,and attitude.
New sub.
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Thanks so much!!
Excellent Video, Thank you. 👍 👍 👍.
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Melbourne, Australia
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Great tone. Love the pro reverb. That cheap strat sounds better than any I've heard. Amazing job.
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Because the cheap guitar is in a maestro hands. Guitar does not play by itself.
Guitar is a tool for making music/noize depending on how you are using it. The players personality can be "heard" and the Guitar is portable!!
Great tone! Great playing!
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Tomo this tip is awesome, thanks!
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Tomo Fuyita .. you are a guitar maestro. Respect !!!
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Love the Dave Brubeck riffs .
Thank youu Tomo !💯🔥
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This is fundamental to getting balanced pickup height. Not sure if I'd consider it a secret, but it sure is important.
Very very important!
Well if it was a secret its not any more !
I went for the lesson and ended up loving the sound, riff and melodies! Keep it up! Thanks for this!
Thank you!
Really cool video. Thank you sir. ✌️
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
Nice playing ! And excelent tip
Thanks so much!!
This helped me so much. Thanks.
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I'm not sure if this would fit for this TFGD or not but I think it will be super awesome if you could share some guidelines on how to buy a new guitar!
Like something we should be aware of or should carefully check when trying it out before buying it!
Thank you so much for your awesome videos!
Thanks so much! Anything if I can do... I would try it!
Just did this to my new Squire Bullet Strat and mannn. Sounds better than before. Thank you Tomo. Subbed.
So great to hear that!
Genius! Thanks again for your videos!
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Tomo San!! Long time no see!! So glad to find your channel and subscribed. Will never forget your kindness in sending me lesson material and CDs. Hope all is well!!
Hey Roger from Texas!!! So great to hear from you!! How's hunting these days?
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This is the best sharing you gave brother now I know what I do on guitar sustain and clean .great Master mine brother owesome!!thank you.God Bless U
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Excellent tutorial, Cheers! 😊
Thank you so much!
Beautiful demo!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing
You're welcome!
Nice chops!
Thank you!
nice chops great clean tone
Thanks!
Nice Tip - Thank You!
Thanks!
Dude, that was amazing, thank you so much! My Jazz Bass has been sounding weird since I changed the pickups, especially the E string, which is really boomy and resonant, and the whole instrument sounds a bit odd and metallic. The new pickups are taller than the old so it might be that they're too close to the strings. I'm going to try this as soon as I get home from work! (only 5hrs to go...)
You're welcome! Once I set my pickups so high... (I though it's better that way!) then I have learned this by doing it, by sound. Thanks for watching my video!
Mine is also kind of fuzzing on E since I set it to higher. Will set it back to lower.
Dude I really enjoyed that video and am working on my strat and how to adjust those things
Thank you so much! So happy to hear that!
Thank you so much for the sharing! It indeed helps a lot. However, can this also be applied to humbucker pickups?
You're welcome! I will do HB pickups video!
That my profilepicture Squier is vibe, price/quality is good.
Fit Lace Sensor pickups, you can have them closer to the strings without losing sustain as they don’t rely on a strong magnetic field, great sounding pickups too, ask James Burton
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Nice to see you playing a Squier that sounds so good!
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Absolutely. Lowering the pickups from the strings especially on a brand new guitar always make it sound better because when they’re up to high, the magnetic field is to strong on the strings and the sustain is deadend.
Thank you!
Very useful tip arigato Tomo san
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Have done this for years,have tried other height adjustments to compare,but always come back to this,Eric Johnson does this too,as well as others,brings out the 2,and 4 positions nicely,less thin tone,good stuff
Thanks for sharing! I better make another video!
Thanks for the lesson.
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I was just messing around with my guitar, taking it apart and cleaning it. just discovered I could higher and lower the bridge and it blew my mind. had no idea. I kinda already assumed how much doing that can improve the sound, but I found this great video and pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. after all these years, and all the videos I've watched and I never knew you could do this. very cool, and makes a lot of sense. thanks for making this video! you just got another subscriber
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Just gave you a sub! Great stuff!
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👍🏻. Nice sounding amp!
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Very good advice.
Thanks!
Great video l always found pickups being lower sound better even on high gain , l also found just a 1/4 turn on the screw can make a difference
Thank you!!
Had the classic staggered pickups and a hell of a time with the G string. I pushed the magnet down flush with the pickup cover . . . fixed.
It's that exact reason why: I don't like Staggered pole pieces. It's more Tonally balanced if they are all flush. Also sometimes the Pick can get caught on the higher pole piece.
Great playing!
Thanks!
Helpful insights,really nice to tweak your guitars sometimes...
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Thank you for this video,now i can change my set up for my Strat.😁
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Okay copy Sensei.Thanks!
Wow, This was a great tip.
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Nice! I would like to know how to setup my stratocaster properly (bridge, sprigns tension etc ) as well. Or what is your approach to do it well?
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$100 cheap Squire Strat / How to set up for better tone / TFGD#3
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I wanted to experiment with different sounding pickups in my strat but ran into problems with positions 2 and 4 because of the different output levels of the pickups I chose. By fiddling with pickup heights, I was able to get everything dialed in just right. At least to my own ears anyways.
I love your videos Tomo San.
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My recent experience with swapping a stock Jackson humbucker pickup with a Seymour Duncan sh6 distortion was exactly what you just described. When I installed the pickup and set the height to the recommended 1.6mm they sounded very full, compressed, crunchy because they are very high output pickups and sometimes have a bit of a Fizz in the top end. Lowering the pickup height greatly improved the versatility, Dynamic and overall tone of the pickups without losing any of the tight low-end that this particular pick up is known for. A pickup also responds to harmonics a lot better with the Lower height and are a lot more versatile and a lot more Clarity and Dynamics
Thanks for sharing! Pickup height really can change the overall tone!
Thanks Tomo great information
Thank you!!
I’ve watched this three times and each time I get a different take away
Either I am slow or he is A genius
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Yo dawg - you make a squire sound a lot better than most peeps can make their Fender CS's ever hope too!
Nice video. Thank you.
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I have a Squire Stratacaster and think to tone is great, thanks for the information on the pickup height
Awesome! You're welcome! Try it.