lungimsam
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Not sure if the wood matured or the changes I made did it but over the last year I did this:
1. Put on D'Addario Chromes highest guage flats set.
2. Removed plastic pickup ring and just mounted pup on the instrument face.
3. Raised pole pieces.
That was about 6 months or so ago. Not a big diff happened in sound at that time. But sound was noticeably better and less overdriven than when the ring was in place and the pup was too close to strings.
Then about a month ago:
4. Removed and reattached bridge to get break angle steeper at bridges the way I wanted. Had to reset those two big mounting screws in the back of the harp, so had to remove first.
5. Reset my neck relief to business card height.
6. Set string height at 8/64 for all strings at 17th fret.
7. Readjusted pole pieces.
Then it opened up and now roars.
So I don't know if all the changes did it, or if the wood "opened up", as I used to hear musicians back in the 70's and 80's say about string instruments sounding better when they "opened up" after a few years. But it sound fantastic!
Did you notice a change for the better suddenly after the first few years you had your Starfire?
1. Put on D'Addario Chromes highest guage flats set.
2. Removed plastic pickup ring and just mounted pup on the instrument face.
3. Raised pole pieces.
That was about 6 months or so ago. Not a big diff happened in sound at that time. But sound was noticeably better and less overdriven than when the ring was in place and the pup was too close to strings.
Then about a month ago:
4. Removed and reattached bridge to get break angle steeper at bridges the way I wanted. Had to reset those two big mounting screws in the back of the harp, so had to remove first.
5. Reset my neck relief to business card height.
6. Set string height at 8/64 for all strings at 17th fret.
7. Readjusted pole pieces.
Then it opened up and now roars.
So I don't know if all the changes did it, or if the wood "opened up", as I used to hear musicians back in the 70's and 80's say about string instruments sounding better when they "opened up" after a few years. But it sound fantastic!
Did you notice a change for the better suddenly after the first few years you had your Starfire?