Is the PRS trem F-spaced or G-spaced?

[Rex_Rocker]

I may o may not have a PRS SE on its way to me. :bigeyes:

Wondering if the trem is F-spaced or G-spaced. I know that if I want to go DiMarzio, 99% of the time, F-spaced will line up better, even under Tune-O's. But how about Duncan? Would a trembucker be better of would a regular-spaced humbucker be fine? I know trembuckers are a bit too wide for Gibson-style bridges.

Yes, yes. I'm aware that many think polepiece alignment is more about aesthetics, but if I'm going to get a new pickup, I might as well make sure it lines up fine.

 

[Ascension]

F spaced.

 

[EmiAba]

My PRS se custom 24 stays in the middle. Outer pole pieces of bridge humbuckers are 50 mm far each other

 

[EmiAba]

I know trembuckers are a bit too wide for Gibson-style bridges.

Not necessarily. Gibson post 2000 have a wider bridge. I have a 2004 les paul standard and there is room for a trembucker in the bridge slot. Dimarzio website recommends a f spaced humbucker for those guitars.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

My PRS se custom 24 stays in the middle. Outer pole pieces of bridge humbuckers are 50 mm far each other

So I guess either the SH-x or the TB-x is good for that PRS SE, then? Or will I be off either way? Like, TB's will be too wide and SH's too narrow?

Not necessarily. Gibson post 2000 have a wider bridge. I have a 2004 les paul standard and there is room for a trembucker in the bridge slot. Dimarzio website recommends a f spaced humbucker for those guitars.

DiMarzio F-spaced is narrower than Duncan Trembucker. Duncan Trembuckes are pretty enormous, LOL. I had a Black Winter Trembucker in my LTD EC-401 at some point, and the polepiece spacing was way off.

 

[EmiAba]

I put a tb-11 in it. There is no clereance between the humbucker and mounting ring but there's no problem in raising or lowering it.

 

[EmiAba]

DiMarzio F-spaced is narrower than Duncan Trembucker. Duncan Trembuckes are pretty enormous, LOL. I had a Black Winter Trembucker in my LTD EC-401 at some point, and the polepiece spacing was way off.

Yes you are right. And and F spaced humbucker is the perfect dimension for my les paul 2004. If you take a look to the guitar in my avatar you will see a little offset of the pole pieces of the bridge hb. They are not perfectly aligned to the strings. But dimarzio does not have a custom 8 in its production line so who cares

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Did you get the Paul Allendar guitar?

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Thanks for the replies, dudes! I ended up getting a regular-spaced SH because that was the only thing in stock at the store. It seems to me like standard PRS pickups aren't trem-spaced, so I just went with it.

Did you get the Paul Allendar guitar?

Yep! It's being setup by the local luthier as we speak! It came with a Custom in the bridge, but I swapped it out without even trying it because I *really* wanted a Black Winter in that guitar!

 

[IronSean]

To my knowledge, PRS trem bridges are F-spaced, but they always ship regular spaced pickups anyway.

It's largely a cosmetic thing anyway, so you'll be fine with the standard spaced one