Stratosphere
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I've been gearing up to upgrade the pickups on my MIM stratocaster, but I have learned in my research, that the bridges on these guitars are narrower than the traditional Fender string spacing, even narrower than American Standard strats. The E-to-E width is 2 1/16" while vintage Strat bridges space the strings at 2 7/32". The stock pickups on a MIM Strat look like the poles are spaced closer together than on regular pickups. Now it seems this could cause problems (especially with the bridge pickup) when changing to pickups like SDs becuse the string/pole alignment will be way off on the the bridge pickup.
Kinman's pickups have narrower spacing on the bridge pickup, and he claims that because of this they will work properly with MIM Strats unlike other brands.
I know others have upgraded their MIM Strats, have you run into this issue?
Apparently, replacing the bridge on a MIM strat with a vintage bridge (like a Callahan) to get the 2 7/32" width would require filling the original screw holes with dowels and redrilling for the new spacing.
Kinman's pickups have narrower spacing on the bridge pickup, and he claims that because of this they will work properly with MIM Strats unlike other brands.
I know others have upgraded their MIM Strats, have you run into this issue?
Apparently, replacing the bridge on a MIM strat with a vintage bridge (like a Callahan) to get the 2 7/32" width would require filling the original screw holes with dowels and redrilling for the new spacing.
