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Des is right.
The distance will vary from guitar-guitar and pickup to pickup.
For example, on my Jackson, the bridge pickup is quite close, yet the neck close to the body. The bridge is quite focused, the neck, a lot less so. Both have their uses.
With singles if the pickup is too close to the strings, you can often get "wolf" note nastyness.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
For example: what I do on telecasters is set the bridge pickup to where it sounds good, then put it in the middle position and set the neck height where it makes the in between position sounds good. Then I just live with whatever the neck position sounds like because I'd hardly ever use it on a Telecaster.
last fret depressed.
Bass side then treble side:
Texas Specials 8/64" 6/64"
Vintage style 6/64" 5/64"
Noiseless Series 8/64" 6/64"
Standard Single-Coil 5/64" 4/64"
Humbuckings 4/64" 4/64"
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i always lower mine...when ever i get it back from a tech, the pickups are pressed up to the strings i guess to the formula or what they think sounds best, but i really dislike the high end and attack that comes with pickups being close to strings.
I have no idea what my distance is, every guitar is different as the pickups determine how close i get them.
Thats on the brige...for the neck...i almost always take the pick up far enough down that its flush with the pickup ring. Which i'm guessing most people dont do...but i only use neck pick up for clean parts and i like the a more deeper bassy sound...plus the magnets are so far away that it doesnt impact how much vibrations make it to the bridge pickup.
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