Would it be possible to provide details of the best way to setup the guitar, in terms of pickup heights in relation to strings etc, to give the best interpretation of Brians?
Here’s the LONG “too much information” answer – bear with me because this info might help you to understand the other sorts of things that often need to be done when setting up string and pickup heights – but if you’re experienced in guitar setting up, go straight to the measurements at the bottom! The pickup heights are generally the last item to be adjusted when a guitar is being setup by a professional repairer – many of the other things that I mention below may need to be adjusted in order to get your guitar playing well so that you can then set up your string and pickup heights – otherwise you might end up saying; “Brian sets his strings at 2.0mm/1.5mm but when I do the same, it sounds buzzy and terrible like I’m playing a sitar” There are many things that you can adjust and repair yourself on your guitar, and your ability will be dramatically helped if you bone up on the subject and buy tutorial books/DVDs etc from people like Stewart MacDonald in USA (they also have a lot of goo
