idrum4food Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Providing I have a 1/4" fret board, how deep would my pickup cavity need to be to direct mount it to the bottom of the cavity and the pickup be the right higth from the strings. I'm using seymor duncan HBs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGGR Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Aren't dimensions given on SD website??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Assuming you mean hard mounting the pickups directly to the wood with nothing in between, that's an intangible. It doesn't take into account the fret height, action, and most of all, your sonic preference. Also all SD pickups are not the same height, and the screw pole pieces are various depths, too. You have to build the guitar and then go from there. You can route the cavity to the approximate depth and then go back when you're done with a pattern cutting router bit to deepen the cavity to the exact height. If you were going to use foam to make the pickup slightly adjustable then it doesn't matter. Just measure it, and add 1/8" to the depth to accomodate the foam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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