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  • V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

    Hello All,

    Does a Charvel Vintage trem use an f spaced pickup or standard spacing.

    Thanks

  • #2
    Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

    Hey Alex, it's standard bro, [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Chucksplatter

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    • #3
      Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

      Thanks Chuck! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

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      • #4
        Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

        Uh? So the old Charvels had Gibson string spacing?

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        • #5
          Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

          Depends on the bridge and year. It varied from 2" to 2 1/4" center to center.
          WTF, Chuck!?

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          • #6
            Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

            Wasup Chuckster??How ya been bro??I have a standard spaced old Duncan humbucker in all of my V-trem guitars & the poles line up fine whether it's 2" or 2 1/4"!!WTF indeed!!LOL!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Chucksplatter

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            • #7
              Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

              Hmm, I would have thought they were all F-spaced like Fender's V trems. The F stands for Fender. A lot of people think the F-spacing stands for Floyd; though, the Floyd is the same spacing as a Fender trem. So I guess it's Fender/Floyd spacing.
              I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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              • #8
                Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

                Hi Toe,Charvel brass V-trems were around way before there was such a thing as a F-spaced pickup,so the original Charvels had standard spaced pickups no?? [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Chucksplatter

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                • #9
                  Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

                  Yeah, makes sense. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
                  I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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                  • #10
                    Re: V intage Trem Pickup Spacing

                    Yeah,that's what I thought too!!But what the hell do I know!! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Chucksplatter

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                    • #11
                      But can you use either one (regular or f-spaced) with a v-trem, or is one better than the other...? I'm a tad confused here, can someone spell it out for my empty brain...?

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                      • #12
                        The only Charvel I know of that works with a normal bridge spaced pup is the Hardtail 'Charvel bridge' Dreamsicle's or the Jake E Lee Bridge and that has the closer Gibson spacing.

                        My 2005 V Trem reissue has a spacing just over 2", 2" and just over 1/16" or something which is the same as a Fender V trem and a Floyd Rose, as I've just measured them. So my guess is a trem spaced bridge pup would be your best bet.

                        In the neck position, even with a 43mm nut, normal spaced pup is fine.
                        Last edited by ginsambo; 04-20-2013, 03:07 AM.
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