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I am planning out my customized guitar I will be buying next week and keep running into issues. This is the guitar I will be purchasing...'72 reissue fender telecaster thinline.
I plan on swapping out the humbuckers and getting seymour duncans.
ISSUE 1: This guitar has widerange humbuckers. This means their dimensions are actually bigger than normal sized humbuckers. In order to swap them out, I BELIEVE I will need to order a custom pickguard with regular sized humbucker holes. I would get the pickguard from here. (They can make ones with regular sized humbucker spaces).
ISSUE 2: Some people say that they guitar's humbucker cavities are shallow due to the fact that widerange pickups are not as deep as regular sized humbuckers. I'm not sure if this is true or not. Basically, it would mean regular humbuckers wouldn't even fit in the guitar.
ISSUE 3: While looking up pickups, I came across the F-spacing problem. Basically, since this is a telecaster, I believe I would need an F spaced bridge pickup (would I need an f spaced neck pickup as well?) Anyway, since I am looking at Seymour duncans, I would be looking for a "trembucker". Specifically the TB - 4 (which can only be purchased on Amazon in order to get the nickel cover): LINK
ISSUE 4: Apparently seymour duncan trembuckers are longer and thinner than the seymour duncan humbuckers. As you can see in the link to the TB -4, the pickup comes with a black ring around it. I do not know what sized hole this is meant to fit. Does it fit into widerange pickup holes? Normal sized humbucker holes? Normal sized humbucker holes if you don't use the ring? Very confused.
Side question: The neck pickup I'm looking at is the SH 1 '59 Model. It only has two holes for screws. If I look at any guitar, the pickups have four screws that the pickguard screws into....how are they getting away with only having two screw holes?
Basically, I am running into LOTS of issues that are way over my head. Trying to put together my dream guitar and it's getting to seem impossible. I really need somebody to tell me how I can do this. ALL HELP IS VERY APPRECIATED!
I plan on swapping out the humbuckers and getting seymour duncans.
ISSUE 1: This guitar has widerange humbuckers. This means their dimensions are actually bigger than normal sized humbuckers. In order to swap them out, I BELIEVE I will need to order a custom pickguard with regular sized humbucker holes. I would get the pickguard from here. (They can make ones with regular sized humbucker spaces).
ISSUE 2: Some people say that they guitar's humbucker cavities are shallow due to the fact that widerange pickups are not as deep as regular sized humbuckers. I'm not sure if this is true or not. Basically, it would mean regular humbuckers wouldn't even fit in the guitar.
ISSUE 3: While looking up pickups, I came across the F-spacing problem. Basically, since this is a telecaster, I believe I would need an F spaced bridge pickup (would I need an f spaced neck pickup as well?) Anyway, since I am looking at Seymour duncans, I would be looking for a "trembucker". Specifically the TB - 4 (which can only be purchased on Amazon in order to get the nickel cover): LINK
ISSUE 4: Apparently seymour duncan trembuckers are longer and thinner than the seymour duncan humbuckers. As you can see in the link to the TB -4, the pickup comes with a black ring around it. I do not know what sized hole this is meant to fit. Does it fit into widerange pickup holes? Normal sized humbucker holes? Normal sized humbucker holes if you don't use the ring? Very confused.
Side question: The neck pickup I'm looking at is the SH 1 '59 Model. It only has two holes for screws. If I look at any guitar, the pickups have four screws that the pickguard screws into....how are they getting away with only having two screw holes?
Basically, I am running into LOTS of issues that are way over my head. Trying to put together my dream guitar and it's getting to seem impossible. I really need somebody to tell me how I can do this. ALL HELP IS VERY APPRECIATED!
