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I tend to default to Fender’s setup guide for the Tele for most things, (particularly anything with a 25.4” scale length should work with the same figures).
There’s a bit for pickup heights near the bottom which is a good starting point, and then dial them out to balance volume levels between pickups.
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A question on guitar setup, I realise this is probably one of those questions that has a lot of info that's purely speculative, but I'm interested to hear other people's takes on it.
But what's your go-to method for setting pickup height. I'm guessing there's compromise between output level & sustain. Do people just aim for a fixed distance between the string and pickups? Or is it more governed by targeting a certain amount of output level, or difference in output level over time? Or just wing it and see what seems to work?
Obviously a lot of this stuff can be compensated for via a compressor or similar, but curious to hear what other's have to say on it.