pickup legs length?

[kelso]

Short pickup legs = 1/4"
Long pickup legs = 1/2"
Is this correct?

I just received a Duncan 78 Model with 1/4" legs. I wanted the long legs.

[LtKojak]

Re: pickup legs length?

I just received a Duncan 78 Model with 1/4" legs. I wanted the long legs.

I'd use the long legs ONLY when installing'em in a big Jazz box, like a Gibson L-5 CES, for example.

Any other p'up for any other kind of guitar I'd prefer the short legs, as they're much less-prone to wabble than their counterparts.

WHY you specifically want the long legs, if you don't mind me asking, of course?

[GuitarDoc]

Re: pickup legs length?

+1. I much prefer to use short legs.

[jumble jumble]

Re: pickup legs length?

Typical forum question: "how do I do X?"
Typical forum answer: "do Y instead, it's much better"

To answer the OP, yes you are correct, short legs are .25" and long are .5".

[Joe Garfield]

Re: pickup legs length?

I'm glad you started this thread. I was wondering why my '59s were wobbling so much in my guitar, and see that the stock pups had short legs and the SD '59s came with long legs (black, 4-wire). Is that normal? It's not a nice fit.

[jumble jumble]

Re: pickup legs length?

It is normal, yeah. You can help it by jamming a load of foam in there under the pickup.

[idsnowdog]

Re: pickup legs length?

You can buy short or long legged baseplates from mojo musical supply and it is easy to replace them.

[darthphineas]

Re: pickup legs length?

Typical forum question: "how do I do X?"
Typical forum answer: "do Y instead, it's much better"

+1

It is normal, yeah. You can help it by jamming a load of foam in there under the pickup.

+1






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[GuitarDoc]

Re: pickup legs length?

Typical forum question: "how do I do X?"
Typical forum answer: "do Y instead, it's much better"

But, obviously, Kojak's "do Y instead" answer was very helpful to the OP (I was just agreeing with the Lt.). And helping is what this forum is all about.

(Isn't it?)

[jumble jumble]

Re: pickup legs length?

I dunno, the OP hasn't actually said it was helpful. You need the long legs in a batwing-pickguard SG, for example.

Even the Lt says he'd use them on a jazzbox, so it's acknowledged that there are uses. And it still doesn't answer the guy's question as to how long the two different lengths of legs are.

A while back I asked a technical q about flipping a magnet in a humbucker. Made the mistake of saying which two humbuckers I was using. Cue lots of alternative suggestions on which pickups to use, but no actual technical info that answered the question.

However, it's by no means unique to this forum. As you say, people want to help, so will often just say the first suggestion they can think of rather than not answer the question. It comes from a desire to be helpful, and that's a good thing.

[idsnowdog]

Re: pickup legs length?

A while back I asked a technical q about flipping a magnet in a humbucker. Made the mistake of saying which two humbuckers I was using. Cue lots of alternative suggestions on which pickups to use, but no actual technical info that answered the question.

So who do you want an apology from? Wouldn't it make more sense to address them directly rather than direct your ire at everybody else instead?

[jumble jumble]

pickup legs length?

Like I said, it comes from a good place. I was just making a little joke, no need for anyone to get butthurt.

And I did point out at the time that the other posts didn't answer my question.

[kelso]

Re: pickup legs length?

After talking to the Custom Shop, the 78 trembucker is only available with short legs, so that's what I've decided to use. Thanks all!

[LtKojak]

Re: pickup legs length?

After talking to the Custom Shop, the 78 trembucker is only available with short legs, so that's what I've decided to use. Thanks all!

You've never said it was a Trembucker... of course it only comes short-legged!

[Jack_TriPpEr]

Re: pickup legs length?

Thanks Jumble Jumble for the quotable that became my new sig.