Looking for polepiece spacing
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Artie
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Re: Looking for polepiece spacing
On mine, string-to-string spacing is 10.5mm. Neck, middle, and bridge are the same. Thats measuring stock Squier pups and some Seymour Duncans.
I don't think Stratocaster pickups come in tremspaced per se, but trembuckers have .414" pole spacing.
Edit: Just double-checked my math . . . .414" is 10.5mm. :smack:
On mine, string-to-string spacing is 10.5mm. Neck, middle, and bridge are the same. Thats measuring stock Squier pups and some Seymour Duncans.
I don't think Stratocaster pickups come in tremspaced per se, but trembuckers have .414" pole spacing.
Edit: Just double-checked my math . . . .414" is 10.5mm. :smack:
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Re: Looking for polepiece spacing
Stupid question alert: Does this mean that all three pickups (bridge, middle, and neck) are interchangable? That is, do they all have the same nominal physical characteristics (mounting plates, bobbin size, pole spacing, etc.)? (I realize that bobbin size may vary slightly between different makers and models.)
That would be good news indeed; I thought that that, like the Tele, the bridge pup was different because it was mounted at an angle, which seemed to imply a longer bobbin and greater spacing.
Stupid question alert: Does this mean that all three pickups (bridge, middle, and neck) are interchangable? That is, do they all have the same nominal physical characteristics (mounting plates, bobbin size, pole spacing, etc.)? (I realize that bobbin size may vary slightly between different makers and models.)
That would be good news indeed; I thought that that, like the Tele, the bridge pup was different because it was mounted at an angle, which seemed to imply a longer bobbin and greater spacing.
Artie
Peaveyologist
Re: Looking for polepiece spacing
On my couple of Strats, they are interchangeable. I believe the angle of the bridge pup on a Strat is 12 deg's. A bit of quick trig tells us that if normal E to E spacing is 52.5mm, then it increases to only 53mm for the bridge. Thats only a .1 mm/string difference.
On my couple of Strats, they are interchangeable. I believe the angle of the bridge pup on a Strat is 12 deg's. A bit of quick trig tells us that if normal E to E spacing is 52.5mm, then it increases to only 53mm for the bridge. Thats only a .1 mm/string difference.
