A Spacing question.

[Doctor Doug]

I was wondering if anyone out there has a Carvin Bolt Plus.  I'm wondering what the pickup spacing in them is.  No one on the Carvin forum seems to know.  I've ordered a kit from them and I'm looking to order some Holy Divers for it, but I'm not sure what to get.  I don't want to have to wait until I get the kit and build it if I don't have to as I'd like to order the pickups asap! 

[Philly Q]

What kind of bridge does it have?  If it's a tremolo bridge like a Floyd or Wilkinson you'll almost certainly need the wider 53mm spacing.

[1reeper]

You mentioned that you got the kit...

It says that the bridge that's included is the FT6 (unless you went for the tremolo upgrade, at which point, 53mm) and Carvin lists the string spread as 2.08".

A quick google conversion later...

52.8mm

So, 53mm all the same.

[Doctor Doug]

I emailed Bare Knuckle the question and Tim said it would most likely be 50mm because the string spread would taper, but to be safe I might just have to wait until I build the kit and measure.

[Philly Q]

If it is indeed that Gotoh hardtail bridge, you could get away with either spacing really, the strings won't fall outside the span of the polepieces.

Don't forget that the choice of 50/53mm is for the bridge pickup only, the neck pickups all have 50mm spacing due to the aforementioned taper from bridge to nut.