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depends on the scale length / need more info
Aint got that far thinking about it.
Any suggestions on what scale length would be good ?
I was thinking about 25 1/2", like my Acoustic 6 string store bought guitar.
Brings up another unknown question to me.
How does scale length effect sound ?
jim said:depends on the scale length / need more info
lol there is a huge debate on pickup place ment in the guitar word in general. some people say that the pickups should be placed on harmonic nodes http://www.edroman.com/techarticles/scalelength.htm my problem with that is when you fret the string the node changes where its at. any body that plays metal knows this its part of pinch harmonics. after reading many debates and doing a little research i have come up with. it doesnt really matter where you put the pickup.
I've heard a good place to put the pickup is approx where the 24th fret would be... Strats are usually like that.
Strats are also typically 25.5" scale... seems like a pretty "standard" length, you should be good with that. Plus, if your 6 stringer is 25.5, the CBG will feel similar if you use the same scale length.
Ermmm.... on almost every guitar I have ever owned (& thats a lot!), I thought it was the neck pickup that was the horrible trebly one, and the bridge one the bassy crunchy one! In fact, I very very rarely use the neck pickups, and I positivly revile all strats!
Anyway, where the pickup is placed doesnt make much difference - as all the others said, the nearer the bridge it is the more trebley it should sound - just strum the strings right next to the nridge to see why - but there are more important factors.
The pup itself is obviously the main thing here - how its wound, how many winds, magnet type etc etc - and with one of Teds you can place it anywhere and its gonna sound great right? If you want to test it, do as Skeesix says, wire it to a jack, plug it in and hold it over an already string guitar - move it up and down and see how much difference moving it those 3 inches makes. Not much.
Then youre prolly gonna have a tone pot anyway. With a capacitor of your choice. Then youre gonna run it through an amp I assume. With lots of tone shaping knobs on it...
Id just place it where it looks best, get strings on and play it to death!!
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