ok, another question on pickups does the pickup height affect the tones? i cant really tell the difference when i raise them and lower them, whats the best way to have them for black metal riffs (like dimmu borgir)

im not sure it might if you have it closer to your strings it might give you a more powerfull sound cause its picking up the sound faster and more of it maybe but i think it does have some kind of effect maybe not a big one though

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it does affect the tone.

ever noticed yor pickups are not installed straight? they're not at the same height if you compare the height of the strings to the height of the pickups.
on basses you see it even better, the closer the string is to the pickup, the more vibration it picks up, but too close may make your pickups sound like there's too much bass in them.
if your pickups are to low, it will make them sound shitty, less powerfull and less punchy. but don't raise them too much you don't want your strings hitting the pickups constantly

just experiment with the height and see how you think it sounds best, but changing the height just a little won't change the sound much, but do keep in mind that you don't want the pickups too close and you don't want to mess up the balance either. if you raise or lower them, count the rotations of the screwdriver and give each side the same ammount of rotation.

The other thing to note is that the closer to the strings your pickups are, the more hold the magnets have on the strings, which weakens the vibration and can weaken (to a very small degree) the sustain of your axe.

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