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New Pure Mini high e-string pickup installation

Hello folks,

In case you wonder why we changed the mounting position of the high e/b string pickup, I’d like to try to explain it to you.

The main reason for this change is that in some guitar models the Pure Mini system has a lower response on the high e sting. Technically this has to do with the proximity of the x bracing to high e string. Braces dampen vibration and vibration is what the transducers pick up. Plus the high e string is the thinnest string and therefore the least powerful.

We tested this new location for over a year to make sure that we do not run into a problem of the b string being too low. This did not occur in any installation we or our authorized luthiers did. We installed the Pure Minis like this in a broad selection of guitar models regardless of the proximity of the X bracing.

The Pure Mini transducers pick up the vibration of the area where they are glued onto. A 1/4″ variation does not make much of a difference, though it helps to balance the high e string a little bit.

If you do not have an unbalanced high e string, which should be the majority of the guitar models out there, there is no need to change your existing installation!

We found that the new installation does not have any negative impact, but it can improve a weak high e string.

Greetings

The Dieter