Wtb Fred Dmarzio

[jackruby]

Hi all

I have a FRED pickup ( DP153 ) and it's an 'F' spaced unit. I'd like to try to find a used unit but standard-spaced ( for Gibson's ).

[GregP]

If you compared a normal with an F-spaced side-by-side one right after the other, you MAY hear some differences depending on how sharp your ears are. But since the difference is minimal, the F-spaced you already own may work perfectly fine for you. Why not give it a go before dropping coin?

[jackruby]

I certainly will give it a shot. My experience though is the standard spaced pups lack a bit of volume in an f-spaced axe. I was just thinking this would be the opposite

Thanks

btw, love your signature

[GregP]

Heh,

I put that sig line in there as a temporary replacement for my old one... haven't gotten around to putting something new.

You're not out to lunch-- there may indeed be a difference in volume with the polepieces not being aligned absolutely perfectly. That was the whole idea behind differentiating between the different spacings. However, in practice, the difference might be tiny enough that it won't be worth getting a whole new pickup. The only real test is-- try it out, and if you like it, keep it. If you really don't like it, the small difference in individual string volume isn't going to be significant enough to affect the tone as a whole... and not liking it would signify that you just don't like the sound of a FRED.

Greg