This is probably a long-shot, but ...
I have a Fender DH-1 humbucker that I would like to install on a guitar that does not have a pickguard, but the sides of the pickup cavity in that guitar are not wide enough to fit the extra-wide side tabs of the baseplate that is used on the Fender DH-1 humbucker.
See pic below for an idea of how wide the Fender DH-1 baseplate side tabs are (rightside pickup) in comparison to the "normal" width of side tabs on a typical humbucker baseplate (leftside pickup in the pic below)
Unfortunately with the Fender DH-1 pickup, there is a complicating factor that prevents me from simply swapping out its baseplate for a standard aftermarket baseplate. Look at the following pics that shows that the Fender DH-1 pickup has 4 protrusions in each corner. At the end of each protrusion is the exit point for each of the four coil wires. So this DH-1 pickup requires a special baseplate that has matching holes to acoomodate those 4 protrusions passing through the bottom of the baseplate.
So, is there any aftermarket baseplate available that has the matching 4 holes in the corner, but has normal width side-tabs? *or* even a different Fender model humbucker pickup with a baseplate that has the same 4 holes but normal width side tabs that i could find inexpensively on the used market just so i could cannibalize its baseplate?
Thanks!
I have a Fender DH-1 humbucker that I would like to install on a guitar that does not have a pickguard, but the sides of the pickup cavity in that guitar are not wide enough to fit the extra-wide side tabs of the baseplate that is used on the Fender DH-1 humbucker.
See pic below for an idea of how wide the Fender DH-1 baseplate side tabs are (rightside pickup) in comparison to the "normal" width of side tabs on a typical humbucker baseplate (leftside pickup in the pic below)
Unfortunately with the Fender DH-1 pickup, there is a complicating factor that prevents me from simply swapping out its baseplate for a standard aftermarket baseplate. Look at the following pics that shows that the Fender DH-1 pickup has 4 protrusions in each corner. At the end of each protrusion is the exit point for each of the four coil wires. So this DH-1 pickup requires a special baseplate that has matching holes to acoomodate those 4 protrusions passing through the bottom of the baseplate.
So, is there any aftermarket baseplate available that has the matching 4 holes in the corner, but has normal width side-tabs? *or* even a different Fender model humbucker pickup with a baseplate that has the same 4 holes but normal width side tabs that i could find inexpensively on the used market just so i could cannibalize its baseplate?
Thanks!
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