crvrotkvica Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 I`m building a some kind of a telecaster with standard humbucker tele bridge, I have a chance to get some humbucker at low price but I have just realised, I do not know if it takes normal (Gibson) sized or F humbucker, as tele humbridge is made of solid brass I do assume it is not very tolerant to wrongsized pickup, is there anyone who knows? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Churchyard Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 (edited) I`m building a some kind of a telecaster with standard humbucker tele bridge, I have a chance to get some humbucker at low price but I have just realised, I do not know if it takes normal (Gibson) sized or F humbucker, as tele humbridge is made of solid brass I do assume it is not very tolerant to wrongsized pickup, is there anyone who knows? Thanks ← The normal sized one I assume. F-spaced is for guitars with tremolos. But it is a tele-bridge with humbucker space yes? Wait till someone who really knows tells you... EDIT: See, I told you. As it seems I was wrong Edited July 17, 2005 by Mr.Churchyard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemleggat Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Measure it. If the string spacing is 50mm or above its F Spaced. It will be F spaced if it is fairly new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crvrotkvica Posted July 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Measure it. If the string spacing is 50mm or above its F Spaced. It will be F spaced if it is fairly new. ← If I have it I would measure it, it`ll come from USA next month and I have to decide on this pickup bargain tomorow, but thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 (edited) most of them i've seen you need the f spaced pickup, cause tele's in general have pretty wide string spacing at the bridge. you might want to phone the maker/seller of the bridge, they should be able to confirm what i just said, i remember warmoth for example used to have a diagram of the Hum tele bridge they sold. Edited July 17, 2005 by krazyderek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Honestly, if you're getting a sweet deal on the pickup, go ahead and BUY IT. I played a non-F-spaced Duncan Alnico II Pro in my Strat for years and never noticed a high-E dropout from not having the screw directly under the center of the string. That was from a relatively weak pickup, too. You probably won't notice, either. Because of the magnetic field of a humbucker, it's really not much of an issue--especially if you can save a few bucks in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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