detroitace
Well-known member
I've got a question that's been puzzling me. :-?
From time to time, I read people saying that they want lower action but don't want to sacrifice tone.
How is lower action related to tone? And can't you just change your pickup heights to get back what you lost?
I've always thought, everything else being equal, tone comes from the position of the pickups relative to the vibrating string. As long as you don't have buzz from the strings, the change in action will effect the tone because now the strings are in a different part of the pickups' magnetic fields. So if you lower your action you should lower your pickups, too.
Can someone please fill me in on how changing your action by itself changes tone?
Thanks!
From time to time, I read people saying that they want lower action but don't want to sacrifice tone.
How is lower action related to tone? And can't you just change your pickup heights to get back what you lost?
I've always thought, everything else being equal, tone comes from the position of the pickups relative to the vibrating string. As long as you don't have buzz from the strings, the change in action will effect the tone because now the strings are in a different part of the pickups' magnetic fields. So if you lower your action you should lower your pickups, too.
Can someone please fill me in on how changing your action by itself changes tone?
Thanks!