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== Pickup Height ==
===Passives===
'''Too low ''' and you lose SNR and your dynamic response gets messed up, '''too high ''' and you get input clipping on your device, as well as "pole pull", which can screw up your intonation and kill sustain. I recommend allowing them to have a safe distance. Also, don't confuse output level with SNR. Raising your pickups will increase their output level, but it is probably not improving their SNR unless they were very low (or extremely weak) to start.
===Actives===
'''This depends on the type of active pickup'''. Some have weaker magnets and need to be placed closer to the strings. Others will suffer similar problems as above, or introduce new issues. EMG recommends you to put them ''as close as possible''. I followed this advice when I had these pickups and never noticed any problems with doing so. Of course, don't put them so close the string ever hits the pickup or it interferes with your picking stroke. For the SD Blackouts, this is where things get a little interesting. The pickups seem to have some kind of buffer, so they will not output above a certain level. So it's like a limiter effect. If you raise them close, you will actually reduce the dynamics to your attack. I prefer to keep a medium distance on these pickups. They work pretty well at a distance. I actually have them as low as possible on my custom Jem (which actually isn’t THAT low). Even with some distance, they still have a higher-than-normal output. But if you go too low, you’ll notice you can’t get good artificial harmonics or softer notes to sound good.
== Bridge ==