I can not lower my pickup anymore!!! HELP!!

[badguitarist]

My guitar is a RG1570 with direct mounted pickups. My bridge pickup is a Steve Morse (DP200). Now it's too close to the strings, thus losing clarity and some sustaining. But I can not lower it anymore. I notice that it's thicker than my neck pickup and I think that's why it's closer to strings compared to the neck one. Is this a problem? How can I lower it?

[moebius]

Is there any wood or material underneath the pickup between the body?

[badguitarist]

Yeah there's some kind of foam. It's soft

[callen3615]

i would carefully remove that stuff. is it like trem cavity dressing?

[albee1952]

Or put a thin shim under the tail end of the neck which would call for raising the bridge slightly to keep the same action.

[LuredMaul]

under the foam is wood; it needs to be dremeled out.........I had to doit to effectively use many Dimarzio`s I've tried in my 1570.....

dremel it out and just use a black sharpie to recolor the cavity.

[losgatosrg350dx]

ive dremeled my carvins, my jacksons and its no big deal

just dont get it too hot, do it in steps the wood is hard

[CosmicDebris]

Originally Posted by losgatosrg350dx

do it in steps the wood is hard

Do you know how to soften hard wood?

[Mindcrime1204]

Originally Posted by CosmicDebris

Do you know how to soften hard wood?

Ya...show it a picture of some ugly old lady naked.