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Righteous_Slave

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SPACING!? :S
« on: August 05, 2010, 11:43:26 AM »
I've got an Epiphone LP Custom. The help thingy on the shop says most Gibson stuff will be 50mm spacing. I measured my pickup from the middle of one pole to the middle of the other and it was 53mm does this mean I need to get 53mm?  How do I know?
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Re: SPACING!? :S
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2010, 11:46:41 AM »
Measure the strings, E to E, over the pickup polepieces nearest the bridge and go with that  ;)
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Re: SPACING!? :S
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2010, 12:34:20 PM »
Quote from: Twinfan on August 05, 2010, 11:46:41 AM
Measure the strings, E to E, over the pickup polepieces nearest the bridge and go with that  ;)

Agreed.  You'll probably find it's more than 50mm and less than 53mm, so go with the closest. 

But it doesn't make a massive amount of difference either way on a Gibson style guitar.  The 53mm spacing really comes into its own with a Floyd or a vintage Fender bridge, where the spacing at the saddles is 54mm or more.
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Re: SPACING!? :S
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2010, 12:35:43 PM »
A lot of Epi and Gibsons have a 53mm spacing these days at the bridge and Gibson make a lot of 53mm spaced pickups
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