MNM7 Why is the bridge pup on a SSS strat skew where the middel and neck pups are in parallel. Same for a SS tele? Does it have to do with the tone or what?
Warren Haha ? The closer the pickup is to the bridge, the brighter and more "trebly" the sound, so the angle of the pickup affects the tone. Because Hendrix played a right-handed Strat upside-down, the angle of the bridge pickup was reversed to what the designers originally intended, which is supposed to have contributed to his unique (at the time) sound (the thicker strings would have sounded brighter, and the thinner strings a bit more mellow). Although, I'm not sure how you're supposed to tell, what with the fuzz and the flanger and the dodgy recording quality (by today's standards). "D
AlanRatcliffe He wanted the brighter tone on the treble side - that was the bright "Fender sound" and was what was selling Fenders to Rock n Roll and country players. The Jazz cats were buying Gibsons.
singemonkey Alan Ratcliffe wrote The Jazz cats were buying Gibsons. They wouldn't have bought a guitar that looks like a Corvette Stingray anyway...
