I sometimes see electric guitars where one of the pickups are not in line with the bridge. What is the purpose of this? Seems to be a thing with strat bridge pickups.
What purpose does this serve?
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My guess is a desire to either enhance or reduce certain high-frequency overtones. As a totally unsubstantiated example: the layout you see will be sensitive to overtones on the top strings, emphazising the peak notes, while the overtones on the bass strings are reduced, producing a "cleaner" bass.– Carl WitthoftAug 18, 2015 at 11:51
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Difficult to do with humbuckers, though!– TimAug 18, 2015 at 17:18
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As noted here, it is as the commentor suggested; this angle produces brighter highs and reduced bass.
"The closer you are to the bridge, the more 'trebly' the sound".
