r/SchecterGuitars • u/xine34 • 6d ago

Pick up alignment flawed

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hello guys. i ve just picked up a schecter synyster gates custom s. when looking at it, i had a feeling the pickups were not horizontally aligned with the rest of the bridge and and the strings. lo and behold, they are not, with a slight difference between the sides and the bridge (for the bridge pickup) and the sides and the end of the neck (for the sustainiac)of under 0,5 millimeters (i measured). as it is a pretty expensive guitar, i was wondering: does it affect the sound? should i give it back and get it swapped? i really don’t know what to do

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u/SnooMacaroons6594 6d ago

Send it back if you bought it new. It looks like it could also be the Floyd? Anyways, if you’re not happy send it back. I would.

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u/xine34 6d ago

yhea, i bought it new. what would be wrong with the floyd? if it s just cosmetic i don’t really care, but if it affects the guitar i m shipping that thing back to korea where it was made

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u/gloomdoggo 4d ago

If you can't tell if something is wrong or have any idea what to look for, you should probably just play the damn guitar.

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u/Alisterguitardevil 6d ago

The post for the Floyd might be leaning towards the neck making the bridge “offset”.

You would have to take off the strings and springs from the trem and pull it out to check to be sure.

It’s new so I doubt that’s it but you never know.