f-spaced pickups

[Super Nintendo]

what the diference between regular pickups and f-spaced pickups?

[Pom-Bear]

F spaced Pickups r for Floyd Rose Type Bridges

as the strings r slightly spaced out more

the F Spaced pickups have their node things spaced out more so they go directly under the strings more than a normal pickup

[Super Nintendo]

so if my guitar has a strat type of bridge i should buy regular pickups right?

[Left Face Down]

Alright, as normal I'm going to bypass all the confusing explaining crap and get down to business!


Take a ruler, and measure across your strings from E to e where the bridge pickup is. If it's 51mm you don't need F-spacing, if it's 53mm you do need F-Spacing. Do the same thing with any humbucker space on your guitar. A lot of people don't really care about putting them in past the bridge, I mean it doesn't make that much of a sound difference in real life... it's mostly just in theory.


As far as I know single coil pickups have never needed to be F-Spaced.

[jake plays guitar]

^oooh hes right as usual