steverino Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Hello everyone, I have a recently purchased Steinberger Spirit GtPro which I think is a great fun guitar and one I keep picking up despite having other great guitars in my arsenal. I would however like to change the pickups and am a little confused about string spacing (pole positions). Is the Spirit GtPro compatible with traditional pickups or are the string spaced too far apart. My understanding was that if the strings weren't perfectly aligned with the pickup coils then there would be a loss of transfer and the pickups would sound muddy. I know that rails might solve this issue but the pickups I was looking at are the traditional (non-rail) style. Am I worrying about nothing or is this something I need to take into account What are my options? Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delgado Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 to follow up on this question, i would like to replace the neck single coil of my GTpro standard with whatever comes closest to a jazzy/middysound. Hotter output too. Lookin at http://www.zzounds.com/item--SEMSTR1 seymour duncan quarter pounder would that fit? is there a better choice? thanks! d. Hello everyone, I have a recently purchased Steinberger Spirit GtPro which I think is a great fun guitar and one I keep picking up despite having other great guitars in my arsenal. I would however like to change the pickups and am a little confused about string spacing (pole positions). Is the Spirit GtPro compatible with traditional pickups or are the string spaced too far apart. My understanding was that if the strings weren't perfectly aligned with the pickup coils then there would be a loss of transfer and the pickups would sound muddy. I know that rails might solve this issue but the pickups I was looking at are the traditional (non-rail) style. Am I worrying about nothing or is this something I need to take into account What are my options? Thanks Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagelis Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 i also have steinberger spirit pro in black which is made in Korea. The string spacing as measured is 49 mm at the bridge ,48 at the middle and 47 at the neck.Taken that into consideration the only pickups i have found with similar spacing are some artec P90 dog ears , but the dimensions of the dog ears do not fit in the cavities of the spirit .Anyway the standard steinberger pickups are ok for the moment except from the middle single coil which seems to be not well balanced with the humbucker in neck and bridge. I have been thinking of replacing the pickups a lot and i would not prefer a blade pickup as i think they are for metal which is not my cup of tea. Would a standard pickup with 50mm spacing both in neck and bridge work well in that guitar or there would be a problem with sound especially in the neck position which has the narrower spacing? People who have done the replacement with the standard gibson spacing (Not the F-spaced which is the latest standard even for gibson), have they noticed any problems ? That would help me a lot make my decissions on what to use to replace the steinberger pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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