Bigsby question.

[GuitarGodV]

hi, quick question.

 

would a bigsby on a les paul need an F-SPACED dimarzio pickup?

 

thanks,

 

Victor

[BigKahune]

You don't have to change bridges, so the string positions will be the same.

 

The F-spaced have the pole pieces farther apart, so the E to E the width is greater. I think they're made for the bridge position of late model Gibsons (like the 90s to present). So regardless of a trem or not, you'd want a F-space in the bridge position. I think (?)

[GuitarGodV]

the f-spaced pickup is a term for basically what dimarzio says is a pickup if you have a tremolo. (like seymour duncan uses the term "trembucker"). so, regarding what you said,

i shouldn't need an f-spaced pickup...

 

...

 

...so thanks XD

[BigKahune]

I believe the spacing they're referring to is the string spacing. The idea is to keep the strings centered over the pole pieces, so the F-space is for bridge/saddle setups the have more distance between the two E strings than Dimarzio's normally spaced pups.