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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: manana12 on April 24, 2010, 06:31:16 AM

Title: Would someone explain this
Post by: manana12 on April 24, 2010, 06:31:16 AM

Can someone explain this please? Thses are the options for ordering
1. Position:     This is get im doing the bridge
2. Spacing:    How do i measure this?
3. Coil Colour:    Blue
4. Conductor:    Not surewhat this means
6. Leg:    Dont understand what this means
7. Gold Pole Screws/Slugs: dont understand what this means

Title: Re: Would someone explain this
Post by: Antag on April 24, 2010, 07:49:51 AM

Quote from: manana12 on April 24, 2010, 06:31:16 AM

Can someone explain this please? Thses are the options for ordering

Sure, here goes:

1. Position:     This is get im doing the bridge
Yeah, hopefully you know whether you want a pickup for the bridge or neck position (or a calibrated set if you want both)

2. Spacing:    How do i measure this?
This applies to the bridge pickup only. Get a ruler or some calipers & measure the distance between your top & bottom strings over the bridge pickup - which ever out of 49 & 53mm is closest to that measurement is the spacing you should choose

3. Coil Colour:    Blue
Yep. this is fairly self-explanatory :)  The colour of the plastic bobbins on the top of an uncovered humbucker.

4. Conductor:    Not surewhat this means
This is the wire.  If you want to have the option of coil splitting, or series/parallel wiring, choose 4.  If your not sure choose 4 anyway because you don't have to use those options.  If you have a gibson & want to wire it identically, then you can choose Braided 2.

6. Leg:    Dont understand what this means
This is the length of the mounting bracket.  If the you're not sure, choose the short one as many guitars don't have a deep enough rout for the long one.  What is your guitar?  Does it have a pickguard or mounting rings or is the pickup direct mounted?

7. Gold Pole Screws/Slugs: dont understand what this means
This is the 2 rows of 6 pole pieces that will be directly under the strings when you have installed the pickup.  You can choose to have them in a gold colour or go with the stock chrome colour.

Title: Re: Would someone explain this
Post by: manana12 on April 24, 2010, 02:15:54 PM

Thanks for the info. My guitar is an ibanez Xiphos http://www.ibanez.com/ElectricGuitars/model-XPT700
I dont think i will need the 4 wires since i just want two humbuckers no need for series/parallel. Should i choose the short or long leg?