There are a few reasons why your pickups may be slanted. The most common reason is to improve the balance of the tone across all strings. The closer a pickup is to the bridge, the brighter and thinner it sounds. This is because the string vibrates more strongly at the bridge than it does at …
Every guitarist knows that the heart of an electric guitar’s sound lies within its pickups. These magnetic devices, placed beneath the strings, capture the vibrations and transform them into the electrifying tones we hear through amplifiers. However, if you’ve ever taken a closer look at your guitar, you might have noticed that the pickups aren’t …
