les paul pickup height adjustment

relic245

I have a burny les paul that I've always had a high action on.

I've just lowered it quite a bit which left the pickups way too high with the strings pressing against them

when I mute.

I can't lower the pup's much because they just drop off the end of the screws.

2 options I can think of, longer screws or shallower surround.

The screws seem to be 2.7 mm which a bit of googling seems to be standard, is there a longer

version available?

Failing that I'm thinking of sanding the surrounds down to be less deep which has the same effect

as making the screws longer.

Any thoughts?

Adam_MD

Axesrus should have longer screws

Edit - what length are your screws? These ones have a thread length of 25.9 mm

http://www.axesrus.co.uk/Humbucker-Mounting-Screws-Dome-Head-p/wr2428ax.htm

relic245

They only show regular length, as do strings direct

Maynehead

If you haven't done so already you should also check the relief at the 7th fret with the 1st and 17th fret pressed down. If there's too much relief that would make you lower the bridge more than you need to, which may cause buzzing on the high frets.

I like it around 0.25mm or 0.01"

GuitarMonkey

relic245 said:

The screws seem to be 2.7 mm which a bit of googling seems to be standard, is there a longer

version available?

Any thoughts?

Only that 2.7mm is VERY short. :P

I would think that these are M2.5 or M3 metric screws in which case you might be able to find some on eBay. Don't restrict your search to guitars as they are usually no longer than those you have.

Any use? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251080968848

rlw

I got new surrounds from Gibson recently and the two supplied screw lengths were different - neck and bridge - with one or the other being longer, but not by much.

GazLion

Maynehead;651899" said:

If you haven't done so already you should also check the relief at the 7th fret with the 1st and 17th fret pressed down. If there's too much relief that would make you lower the bridge more than you need to, which may cause buzzing on the high frets.I like it around 0.25mm or 0.01"

What tool would one use to measure .25mm?

GuitarMonkey

Feeler gauges

relic245

Thanks for the suggestions. @Maynehead thanks, hadn't thought of checking the relief but will do.

I've actually sanded about 3mm off the surround, it seemed very big and was much taller than the one on my 

335. That seems to have solved the problem. 

Maynehead

relic245 said:

Thanks for the suggestions. @Maynehead thanks, hadn't thought of checking the relief but will do.

I've actually sanded about 3mm off the surround, it seemed very big and was much taller than the one on my 

335. That seems to have solved the problem. 

I hope you kept the curved profile when you sanded them and not just sanded them flat

Edit: also if you don't have feeler gauges the thickness of a standard business card is around 0.3mm so you can cut a strip and use that as a feeler gauge as a temporary measure.