Tradewinds lap steel string height.

David Cook · From: Florida, USA

Hi, I have a S8 Tradewinds lap steel where the strings are more than 4 quarters distance from the pickup. They are not adjustable. Should I bother with trying to raise the pickups to get a "beefier" tone? I end up playing my 6 string Melobar more because it has more presence or a richer tone. Thanks, David

Tom Pettingill · From: California, USA (deceased)

4 plus quarters is over 1/4" and lower than I'd recommend. Raising the pickup will give you more output and beef, too close and it will get woofy and lose clarity.
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Mark Bracewell · From: Willow Glen, California

basilh · From: United Kingdom

Known also as Wolf notes hence woofy as in bark (Woof Woof)
OR did the poster mean wooly, as in hearing it through a sheet of cotton wool ?
Wooly is a common colloquial this side of the big pond, for lacking in high frequencies.

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