SharkdaddyLV Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Howdy Hey All! I currently have a 335 and an SG Supreme, both with 57 classics. Wow, I love 'em! So this got me thinking. Why not try Burstbuckers in one of my strats for a little flavor. (I'm itching for something to wire up. lol.) I know the spacing between Gibson and Fender isn't the same. What would I need to do to put these in my strat? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 A hammer and chissel should help if you have no router Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laney1566 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Howdy Hey All! I currently have a 335 and an SG Supreme' date=' both with 57 classics. Wow, I love 'em! So this got me thinking. Why not try Burstbuckers in one of my strats for a little flavor. (I'm itching for something to wire up. lol.) I know the spacing between Gibson and Fender isn't the same. What would I need to do to put these in my strat? Thanks!![/quote'] I used to own 2 American Strats and put humbuckers in both. I chose the Dimarzio DP100 Super Distortion and it worked great. This is Key...You need to order "F-Spaced" Pickups. The F stands for Fender. They are designed so that the poles sit directly under the strings of Fender Guitars. BTW...Modern Strats need no routing. You just need a H/S/S Pickguard. I recommend a 500k pot for the humbucker. You probably have 250k pots now for the single coils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max2343 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 All you need is a Hole, for the Pickup Dude F Spaced Pickups are For a Flyod Rose Equipped Axe. They are a Little bit Wider in the pole Spacing and I'd Put in a 1mg Pot. Most older Fenders Had-em and they Really open up Pickups that are pumped up with lots of Overdrive and you can Control-em with the Right Caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkdaddyLV Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 Thanks for the replies everyone. max23233, So if I understand the strings will fall over the poles even though they aren't f-spaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Yep. Order a pre-cut pick guard online, even Fender sells 'em. Maybe try Warmoth. Put a 500 pot on it for volume and rock. Here's a couple I put together from American Fender parts. Fender P-90's in one, Tele Deluxe humbuckers in the other. Gibson pots and switches in both. Cut the pickguards myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max2343 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Yea "The F Spaced" ones Should line right up on your Fender and I say 1meg all the Way Even on Single Coils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkdaddyLV Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 Neo Con Man, I like the Strat Burst with the Fender Humbuckers. The remind me of the ones I played in a Thinline 72 Tele reissue. Did you get those separately? If so where? max2323, Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laney1566 Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Thanks for the replies everyone. max23233' date=' So if I understand the strings will fall over the poles even though they aren't f-spaced?[/quote'] . This is from Dimarzio's website. What is F-spacing? All of our full-size humbuckers except the X2N® are available in two polepiece spacings. F-spacing refers to the wider of the two spacings. For proper string alignment and balanced output, F-spaced humbuckers should be used in the bridge position on all guitars with string spacing at the bridge of 2.1" (53 mm) or greater. On these guitars, if the nut width is 1-11/16? (43 mm) or greater, F-spaced pickups can be used in the neck position as well. Why are there two different spacings? A long time ago (in the 20th century, actually) the electric guitar world was divided between Gibson and Fender designs. One of the differences between the two was string spacing. In general, Gibson chose a narrower string spacing at the bridge than Fender, and therefore the polepieces on Gibson humbuckers were closer together than the magnets on Fender pickups. When guitar shops started installing humbuckers in the bridge position of Strats, it was obvious that the strings didn’t line up with the polepieces, and if the E strings were too far outside, the sound could suffer. Our first humbuckers followed the original Gibson spacing, and we call them standard-spaced. When we released our first humbuckers with wider spacing, Floyd Rose bridges were very popular. Floyd string-spacing is the same as Fender spacing, so we naturally called the new pickups F-spaced. How do I know which spacing to use? F-spaced pickups measure 2.01" (51 mm) center-to-center from the first polepiece to the sixth. Standard-spaced pickups measure 1.90" (48 mm). Although some players believe that F-spaced pickups are only for the bridge position of tremolo bridge guitars, many guitars with fixed bridges (including late 1990s Gibson Les Pauls and Epiphone LPs) should have F-spaced pickups in the bridge position. Most tremolo equipped guitars that have a nut width of 1-11/16? (43mm) or more should also use an F-spaced pickup in the neck position. If you’re replacing a bridge-position pickup and you're not sure what your string-spacing is, it's usually better to get an F-spaced model. It is not necessary for the strings to pass exactly over the center of the polepieces for best performance, but it is wise to avoid a situation where the E strings are sitting completely outside of the outer polepieces. Do some of your humbuckers come only in one spacing? The X2N® has solid bar polepieces that work in both normal and F-spaced applications. All 7-string humbuckers are available F-spaced only. All Parker Fly replacement pickups are F-spaced only. Is there F-spacing for single-coils? All of our single-coil-sized pickups are designed for F-spaced applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Thinline 72 Tele reissue. Did you get those separately? Probably the same pickups if the Thinline was made in Mexico like the Tele Deluxe reissue. The pickups are actually made in the USA - bought 'em off Ebay brand new from a Tele Deluxe. If the Thinline you played is from Asia, then they were something from over there. The output is not very high - the way I like 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkdaddyLV Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 NeoConMan, Thanks for the gear info. Laney1566, Wow! Thanks for posting that info from Dimarzio. That is super helpful. :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laney1566 Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 NeoConMan' date=' Thanks for the gear info. Laney1566, Wow! Thanks for posting that info from Dimarzio. That is super helpful. :)[/quote'] Thought it would clear things up for ya....Rock on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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