Distance from Tiger's PUPs to the strings?

[lunasparks]

Marty's description on how he does it is exactly how i do it and get the results seen in the photos. keep in mind this is with a properly spaced and placed pickup arrangement AND string height. anything else and ymmv.

~waldo

Waldo, sounds like you're running the true Jerry setup. if you fret the guitar at the 24th fret what are your distance measurements...if you're inclined to indulge my curiosity??

[Gosseyn3]

Not to rain on anyones' parade, but each guitar is going to be different, so copying any other guitars' PU height is not going to give you what you're looking for. For instance, if the hardness of the wood has made the guitar exceptionally bright you may want to back the PUs off a bit to reduce the harshness, likewise if the PU magnets are extra strong you will need to back off some because the mag field gets more non-linear as you get closer to the magnet (this effect actually works kind of like a reverse compressor/fuzztone - it will just kill your sustain and generate out of tune harmonics). I have a Warmoth WGD which has both problems (I wound my own PUs with enhanced magnetic architecture) and in order to get the clear sweet ringing tone I was looking for, I set the PU height's between 9/32 - 11/32. (way, way down by most folks standards, but the guitar is an absolute joy to play now)

The gist of all this is that each PU on each guitar is going to have a "sweet" spot for height, and the only way to find it is by listening, and turning the height screws 1/2 turn at a time until you get it. You'll find that there is a narrow band of about 1 full turn of the screw where the harshness goes away, but the sound hasn't started to get dull yet - good luck! (once you get there that's the time to measure the height)

[TI4-1009]

I'm becoming a beliver in this. Most of my guitars are set up with the pickups on the low side- there are many respected technicians who warn about raising pickups too high and "magnetically interfering with the natual vibration of the string".

The SG I just got had the bridge pickup set very high- almost touching the strings! With light pick attack it sings crystal clear, when I dig in more it gets some hair and will get a wonderful growl if provoked.

I'm going to be doing a lot more playing around with my other guitars looking for that sweet spot. They put adjusting screws on them for a reason. Just measure where you are to start so you can go back if you're not happy.