Seymour Duncan why not short legs?

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More a need to vent than a question :crazy:
There are many more guitars in existence that aren't period correct vintage Gibsons that could do with some Seth Lovers or a 59.
Why make it a pain to get short leg humbuckers?
Why not make it a special order for vintage style legs for those few occasions that demand them?
 
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Re: Seymour Duncan why not short legs?

All Duncan vintage p'ups can be had with short legs. You only need to order'em like that through your Duncan dealer.

Also, e-bay dealers like banjomikez might even have'em in stock. Take a peek.

HTH,
 
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I agree short legs are better. What guitar are you using that you have an issue with? Even in shallow-body Squiers I've been able to fit long leg pickups, though it's typical that the stock mounting screws need to be shortened.
 
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LtKojak said:
All Duncan vintage p'ups can be had with short legs. You only need to order'em like that through your Duncan dealer.

Also, e-bay dealers like banjomikez might even have'em in stock. Take a peek.

HTH,
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No reason it should have to be the hassle it is.
banjomikez looks like the only guy to regularly stock "floor custom" short legs and he's currently out of short leg nickel cover neck pickups.
I don't want to wait around for a special order as if i'm living in a pre-internet world.
 
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Silence Kid said:
I agree short legs are better. What guitar are you using that you have an issue with? Even in shallow-body Squiers I've been able to fit long leg pickups, though it's typical that the stock mounting screws need to be shortened.
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I'm fighting with a PRS S2. I'm digging the guitar except for some odd inconvenience with updating all the electronics.
The long legs look like they would fit in the cavity but then;
SD screws wont fit they're too long for the cavity
So I got some slightly shorter screws from GC
BUT because of the long legs the neck pickup falls off the screws when adjusted to around the correct height for a neck pickup :banghead:
 
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AND
While I'm at it What's up with the flat head mounting screws?

What year is this? I know we're into making music with archaic technology but are we driving in cars made out of wood and stone with are feet sticking out the bottom pushing us along?
 
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Clint 55 said:
Cut the long screws to the right length.
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I'm afeard that the long legs don't leave enough screw length to cut and besides I hate those SD flat heads.

I think my lack of patients and major funding for this project are going to incite me to do elective surgery with a 59 I have in another guitar that just by chance has short legs but has a gold cover.
 
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CountFeedback said:
No reason it should have to be the hassle it is.
banjomikez looks like the only guy to regularly stock "floor custom" short legs and he's currently out of short leg nickel cover neck pickups.
I don't want to wait around for a special order as if i'm living in a pre-internet world.
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http://www.philadelphialuthiertools...ilver-frame-baseplate-49-2mm-short-legs-2-pk/

http://www.philadelphialuthiertools...mounting-screws-in-nickel-qty-10-philip-head/

There you go. You can do the job yourself! Any carbon-based form of life with opposable thumbs can do it.

Plus, we'll be very grateful if you can spare us the whining. ;)

HTH,
 
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LtKojak said:
http://www.philadelphialuthiertools...ilver-frame-baseplate-49-2mm-short-legs-2-pk/

http://www.philadelphialuthiertools...mounting-screws-in-nickel-qty-10-philip-head/

There you go. You can do the job yourself! Any carbon-based form of life with opposable thumbs can do it.

Plus, we'll be very grateful if you can spare us the whining. ;)

HTH,
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more hassle.

I'm not interested in paying extra to do humbucker home surgery and end up with generic baseplates on Duncan pickups.
 
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I just put Antiquitys in a PRS CU22 from 2002.

The long legs were no problem in the neck or bridge position, but I did have to nip about 3/16" off of the screws for the bridge pickup only.

No big deal. I just used a medium size diagonal wire cutter to clip them off.

Cleaned up the threads a bit and it all went together easily. IMG_1079.JPG
 
Re: Seymour Duncan why not short legs?

If the pickup can be lowered to the point where the legs fall off the screws, and the longer screws don't fit in the cavity at all, that means you have room to shorten the longer screws to the point where they fit, and yet are long enough to hold the pickup. You can even mount the pickup in the ring outside the guitar having measured where you need it to be, then snip the screws, then put the whole thing in the guitar.

Just occured to me all my guitars have Phillips-head mounting screws.
 
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Yeah, but if those vintage styled pickups like the Seth and Antiquity didn't have long legs (the 'normal' versions), I am sure SD would hear about how they weren't like real PAFs. BTW, I know Seymour prefers slot-head screws because of vintage correctness. But I think they should be eliminated from the planet.
 
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CountFeedback said:
AND
While I'm at it What's up with the flat head mounting screws?

What year is this? I know we're into making music with archaic technology but are we driving in cars made out of wood and stone with are feet sticking out the bottom pushing us along?
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Because a bunch of guitarists live in some fantasy world where every freakin' aspect of their guitar has to match vintage specs. I like to say they pose in the mirror and pretend they have a real 50s LP! Lol.

It's stupid. The whole Gibson humbucker mounting system sucks. Having two mounting screw means you can't angle the pickup parallel with the strings, and they wobble. Especially with the long legs.

But look at Gibson, they decide to try to modernize certain aspects; put the controls on a PCB, widen the neck slightly, use a new nut/zero fret setup, and people freak out and swap those parts for archaic junk. Lol.

Fender has an easier time with modern models for some reason.


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Re: Seymour Duncan why not short legs?

CountFeedback said:
more hassle.

I'm not interested in paying extra to do humbucker home surgery and end up with generic baseplates on Duncan pickups.
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No soup for you then! ;)

Well, now at least we can be sure about all you wanted to do is whine. Mission accomplished!
 
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