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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: littleredguitars2 on October 06, 2013, 03:37:45 PM

Title: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: littleredguitars2 on October 06, 2013, 03:37:45 PM

I found a really good deal on some 50mm spaced miracle man pickups but can only really think of putting it into one of my strats. I have a rebel yell set coming for my les Paul and I can't imagine what a miracle man would sound like in my es335

Thoughts?

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 06, 2013, 03:44:07 PM

Get an SG ;)

Even a cheapie Epi G400 will do the trick

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: littleredguitars2 on October 06, 2013, 03:50:43 PM

Haha That's not really what I want to do right now

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: blue on October 06, 2013, 03:58:34 PM

It shouldn't really be a problem.  F spaced pickups are a relatively new development. when people first dropped humbuckers into strats, like EVH, they were just standard sized.  His seemed to work ok :)

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: littleredguitars2 on October 06, 2013, 04:09:15 PM

Yeah that's true. Come to think of it I forgot that I already have a g spaced humbucker in 2 strats already haha

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 06, 2013, 04:18:42 PM

But I think EVH put his 50mm humbuckers on a slant, like with a Kramer Baretta, in order to compensate.

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: littleredguitars2 on October 06, 2013, 04:20:05 PM

Yeah but how big a difference could it really make?

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 06, 2013, 04:45:45 PM

No idea.  Generally I would think that the more powerful the pickup the less difference it's likely to make.  The Miracle Man shouldn't have any problems in that respect

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: littleredguitars2 on October 06, 2013, 04:57:08 PM

Yeah I've only really used high output 50mm in my strats. I have a seymour Duncan invader in one and a gibson dirty fingers in another and had no problems.  But I could see how the low output pickups Would really need the correct spacing

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: Toe-Knee on October 06, 2013, 08:32:20 PM

Its more of a cosmetic issue than anything else.

Title: Re: is using 50mm spacing in a fender strat really that big of a deal?
Post by: littleredguitars2 on October 06, 2013, 08:58:40 PM

well thanks guys. i ended up not buying the set.  i really gotta do one thing at a time. and its hard to remember that. my rebel yell set will be in soon. and if i ever get my Tele to sell, i can work on my empty strat.