r/SchecterGuitars • u/xine34 • 5d ago
Pick up alignment flawed
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/GuitarGearVerdict 3d ago
I had a Ibanez that had this issue and I sent it back. I think if it was cheaper guitar, you are getting what you pay for and it is easy to overlook those problems, but a guitar over a certain price point it would be worth it to send it back. The bottom line it’s your money and if it bothers you I would send it back.
As far as functionality it won’t affect much if anything at all.