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    Should I use an F spaced PU in the neck position, on a guitar with a trem? I have an F spaced JB in the bridge and I would like to put a PAF up front. Any info would be appreciated!
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  • #2
    Standard spaced pickup is correct for the neck position.
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    • #3
      Originally posted by StukaJU87
      Standard spaced pickup is correct for the neck position.
      +1... The string spacing narrows as you head from the saddles toward the neck. Go for regular spacing on the neck pup.
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      • #4
        heres the skinny
        with dimarzios and a 43MM nut size on the guitar use a F spaced in the neck as dimarzio recomends
        with duncans use a regular spaced neck pup
        dimarzio's are slightly more narrow from pole to pole than duncans
        a duncan Trem spaced pup is 53 MM and a dimarzio F spaced is 51-1/2 mm's
        so if you use a duncan in the neck like a duncan 59 use a regular spaced pup for a perfect line up
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        • #5
          Originally posted by savage
          heres the skinny
          with dimarzios and a 43MM nut size on the guitar use a F spaced in the neck as dimarzio recomends
          with duncans use a regular spaced neck pup
          dimarzio's are slightly more narrow from pole to pole than duncans
          a duncan Trem spaced pup is 53 MM and a dimarzio F spaced is 51-1/2 mm's
          so if you use a duncan in the neck like a duncan 59 use a regular spaced pup for a perfect line up
          I had an F-spaced DiMarzio PAF Pro in the neck position and it did not line-up properly...although that was on an Ibanez RG-570. I'm not sure of the Bridge/locking nut width differences between the RG and the guitar he's talking about.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by wicked_lester
            I had an F-spaced DiMarzio PAF Pro in the neck position and it did not line-up properly...although that was on an Ibanez RG-570. I'm not sure of the Bridge/locking nut width differences between the RG and the guitar he's talking about.
            was the poles off to far from center?
            your RG has a 43 MM nut and dimarzio recomends the F spaced pup in the neck as well?

            i do know that the bridge tone zone which is f spaced i just got is not exactly lined up at the bridge of my jackson Dinky?
            the duncan stuff lines up exact even though you can has the poles off a bit and it will not effect the performance of the pup to any serious degree, all the guys back in the day had no choice but to use regualr pups since they were no f spaced pups yet
            If it's not a CHARVEL then i dont want to play it,look at it or even fuckin THINK about it!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by savage
              was the poles off to far from center?
              your RG has a 43 MM nut and dimarzio recomends the F spaced pup in the neck as well?

              i do know that the bridge tone zone which is f spaced i just got is not exactly lined up at the bridge of my jackson Dinky?
              the duncan stuff lines up exact even though you can has the poles off a bit and it will not effect the performance of the pup to any serious degree, all the guys back in the day had no choice but to use regualr pups since they were no f spaced pups yet
              The outer-polepieces on the neck pickup were offset to the outside, so if you bent a string it would pull even farther away from the pole. I replaced both PAFs with an F-spaced Evo in the bridge and a regular-spaced Evo in the neck...everything is spaced properly now on my RG.

              Also, the magnetic field of a pickup's pole is elliptical...general consensus being that the importance of proper spacing is asthetic in nature.
              Last edited by wicked_lester; 08-21-2006, 01:31 PM.
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