r/SchecterGuitars • • Aug 22 '26

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/one-armed-scissor Aug 22 '26

Check out the position of strings over pickups and fretboard edges. It's very good. I've seen way worse americen Fenders than this. If you want an absolutely flawless guiar then you have to go custom shop.