Whats the reasoning behind angled humbuckers?

[AussieTerry84]

My '95 RR1 has Bill Lawrence stock humbuckers and they are angled but not like its higher on the high e end then low on the low e side, no.

These buckers are angled so the side closed to the bridge is up and the side towards teh neck is angled down, whats the reasoning behind this? I'm interested to know what its suppose to do for the tone.


cheers

p.s. its angled like how the non-recessed charvel model necks are angled.

[neilli]

Do you mean that the pickup bezels are cut at an angle? If so, that's to try to get the pickups parallel to the strings (nut to bridge) to compensate for the angle the strings run across the body..

[xenophobe]

You probably have angled pickup rings if this is the case... or the wire coming from the humbucker is pinched underneath the edge of the pickup...

You can usually fix them by putting a small piece of foam under the side that is lowest to even them out...

[Newc]

Unless it's a Custom, Rhoads hums should not be angled.

If you're referring to angled like the 90 Warrior Pro pickups, EVH Kramers/Barettas, etc, EVH basically started that by direct-mounting a hum into a Strat bridge route, which was slanted.

[AussieTerry84]

Just had a look as i posted that very late at night, its got angled pick up rings.

Someone else i know on here also has a 95 RR1 with the exact buckers.

[Hellbat]

Is the trem top mount versus routed out? It's a little odd if the trem sits in a route to have the beveled pickups because the neck angle is typically less than if it's a top mount or string through TOM.

All that really matters is that the pickups are parallel to the strings. If the aren't you can do the foam thing or swap out the rings for flat ones.

[straycat]

I'm not clear on what he is saying how about a pic?

[Newc]

Ah, ok, angled rings. Typically those would go on an arched top like an LP, not a flatty like a Rhoads. Probably all they had on hand.

[KK666]

i had a 96 RR with those Bill Lawrence and it sounded amazing , if anyone wants to sell them let me know i want to try them on my 89 RR Custom

[straycat]

OK I see just the rings I have had some Jacksons with flat and some with angled so I guess its whatever they have on hand.
You can't be serious asking the tone question.

[len]

My 94ish Rhoads EDS with Bill Lawrence pups had those same angled rings... just changed em' out to flats. BTW , weren't these built as "Rhoads Customs" before the official RR1 designation came into existence?

[pro-fusion]

It was just Jackson being cheap and not putting the right pickup rings on. When Jackson started recessing their Floyds in 1990 and got rid of the angled necks, they were still using the old supply of angled pickup rings that were designed for angled necks. If you look at almost any early to mid '90s Jackson or Charvel, you'll see the same thing.

[xenophobe]

And like I said in my first post, fixing the angled pickups is relatively simple and easy... put a piece of foam under the side that needs to be raised... or replace the pickup rings if they're standard sized, which is not always the case...

[VitaminG]

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