P Pick-ups on P+J Jazz

[smiler99]

I've just bought a Fender Aerodyne Jazz second hand. It's in near mint condition, with both P + J pickups, but the P's are at quite a steep angle to each other - much higher in the middle than on the outer edge. I guess this is to mirror the two strings that they each look after, but I am a technical retard so just want to know whether the very steep angle is normal, or what height the pickups should be from the strings. Should they be more flat or angled as they are now and if so what's the right angle / distance from each string? Thanks.

[Raggy]

Yea they usually are like that. It is supposed to keep the volume even across the strings, (i believe).

[paul h]

IIRC the Aerodyne has a 7.25" fingerboard radius, so the pickups would be higher in the middle to give a more uniform height from the strings.

Flatter fretboards would need less pitch on the pickups.

[mrcrow]

[quote name='paul h' post='518545' date='Jun 19 2009, 04:26 PM']IIRC the Aerodyne has a 7.25" fingerboard radius, so the pickups would be higher in the middle to give a more uniform height from the strings.
Flatter fretboards would need less pitch on the pickups.[/quote]


this is leo's brilliant move in splitting the single coil into two
you can set the string to pup heights more accurately...can't do this on a jazz

it is the same on a standard P....have you seen them the other way round...the first attempts at setting up for slap

Edited June 21, 2009 by mrcrow