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Topic: Sho Bud Pickup Height? |
John Castelletti
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Posted 20 Dec 2010 3:30 pm |
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Please forgive me if this has been asked before.
I'm totally new to this, although I have been setting up my guitars and basses for years. There doesn't seem to be a lot of info out there on setup. I am hoping some of you Sho Bud experts might be willing to help out.
I have a D10 Sho Bud Pro III custom that is measuring:
E9 Treble 1/16
Bass 5/64
C6 Treble 3/32
Bass 5/64
I was just wondering if there is a bassline starting point. The steel sounds good through my amp but feels like its driving the speaker a little bit hard and am contemplating backing it off a touch if its "out of spec" so to speak. Thanks in advance. |
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Rick Abbott
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2010 3:55 pm
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Just for kicks try 2-quarters stacked for the treble side and 3 for the bass. Not very scientific, but sweetens many a guitar's tone.
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Wakarusa 5e3 clone
1953 Stromberg-Carlson AU-35 |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Dec 2010 7:46 pm
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| Rick Abbott wrote: |
| Just for kicks try 2-quarters stacked for the treble side and 3 for the bass. Not very scientific, but sweetens many a guitar's tone. |
I agree with Rick, I usually stack 3 quarters. Two quarters gives a little more bite, if you like that, too.
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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John Castelletti
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Posted 20 Dec 2010 7:58 pm
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Thanks for the advice guys, VERY much appreciated.
I'll give it a try. As it stands now i cant slip a quarter under the treble side on either neck....I thought it was running a little hot, not that I was minding. |
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Storm Rosson
From:
Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2010 3:02 pm
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 Nickels work in pinchh too  |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 21 Dec 2010 5:38 pm
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| Storm's right, plus the nickels are a much less expensive solution |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2010 7:32 pm
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OK, I'll admit that I used nickels when I set the pickup-hight on my Bud. Quarters sound a bit more highbrow. 
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Wakarusa 5e3 clone
1953 Stromberg-Carlson AU-35 |
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 27 Dec 2010 3:50 am
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| and besides--we all know times are a little harder right now----- sorry, I'll go back to work now. - |
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 19 Jun 2017 11:45 pm
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Has there been an update on the height adjustment?
Quarters and nickels still en vogue? Or?
Talking stock Shobud single here..
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ShoBud The Pro 1
YES it's my REAL NAME!
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 20 Jun 2017 7:48 am
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Many people like 3.5mm (around two quarters), I think they have better tone (but slightly less output) at 5mm/3 quarters.
As it's a matter of taste, you'll find oodles of answers, ranging from "I was told 3.5, I'm sticking with it" to "my uncle told me Buddy used 4.17mm, and Buddy knows his stuff" to "Jeff Newman said it's 3.2, and that anyone who argues with Jeff is too headstrong, and probably wrong."
NOTE: these numbers in the quotes are just for illustration, I don't know what Buddy or Jeff used.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Godfrey Arthur
From:
3rd Rock
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Posted 20 Jun 2017 8:16 am
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| Lane Gray wrote: |
Many people like 3.5mm (around two quarters), I think they have better tone (but slightly less output) at 5mm/3 quarters.
As it's a matter of taste, you'll find oodles of answers, ranging from "I was told 3.5, I'm sticking with it" to "my uncle told me Buddy used 4.17mm, and Buddy knows his stuff" to "Jeff Newman said it's 3.2, and that anyone who argues with Jeff is too headstrong, and probably wrong."
NOTE: these numbers in the quotes are just for illustration, I don't know what Buddy or Jeff used. |
Thanks Lane.
I took the pickup off to try and shield it. (mixed results and the 60hz hum is still there not unless the pickup can be installed on its side or I can hang the guitar around my neck and play it like a 6 string Strat.  )
The hum issue responses is live with it or humbuck-her.
Putting it back I was told on another thread that the pickup was too far from the strings from photos I had posted. Not knowing much about psg am looking for info.
Anyway dug up some quarters to use. Been waiting for some answers to this.
So is this two quarters stacked on either side low and high strings?
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ShoBud The Pro 1
YES it's my REAL NAME!
Ezekiel 33:7 |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 20 Jun 2017 8:26 am
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Three quarters stacked on top of each other is easier than a micrometer
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