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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:37 pm
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Im trying to replace my pickup in my J5 with a dimarzio super distortion in the bridge and a dimarzio PAF Pro pickup in the neck and i was wondering if that would require me to buy a regular or an f space pickup?


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The other guitar player in our band has a Squier Tele, and his string spacing is the same as my Affinity Strat bridge. I don't think the J5 uses a different string spacing. It should just need a regular spaced humbucker as far as I know.

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Regular.... absolutelly. ;)


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I would think it would be F (as in FENDER) spaced. Why it wouldn't be just doesn't make any sense. I say, take it down to any local dealer and put an F-spaced up to the strings, and then a "regular" (ie: Gibson spaced) and see which matches up better.

OR you could get either a blade pickup or a Lace sensor and completely avoid that problem altogether...

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F spaced means "Floyd Rose " spaced... and not "Fender" spaced...

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ortlibas wrote:
F spaced means "Floyd Rose " spaced... and not "Fender" spaced...


Actually this is not accurate. F spacing has been out longer than Floy Rose bridges/tremolos. See Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_ Click the music technology link.

It is just a different spacing than Standard Spaced. I know my Fender HWY 1 Stratocaster (not equipped with a Floyd) is F spaced as well as my Squier CV 60 Stratocaster.

If the orginal OP has questions on which one to buy, measure the pole pieces. Follow the link to figure if it is Standard, F, or Tele spaced. The actual measurements are about halfway down the page.

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hmm..ok...i got it!


thanx ;)

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but i just explainned that originally the "f" letter means "floyd rose"... or not?

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ortlibas wrote:
but i just explainned that originally the "f" letter means "floyd rose"... or not?


Umm...no. As I mentioned Fender guitars have been out longer than Floyd Rose bridges.
The spacing has been the same since before the late '70's. It is in interesting article if you want to read more, follow the link. Great history on the the Floyd Rose Tremolo.

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Floyd D. Rose, an accomplished machinist working on jewel inlays, moved from Durango, Colorado to Reno, Nevada in 1964. He was also an amateur guitarist, playing in local bands like Q5. Rose's influences included Ritchie Blackmore and Jimi Hendrix, so he favored an aggressive playing style with lots of use of the tremolo bar. In late 1970s, his dissatisfaction with regular Fender tremolo bridges led him to apply his engineering skills to design a new type of tremolo bridge. The first prototypes were installed on his own Gibson Les Paul guitar.[1]
Renting the necessary equipment, Rose made several other prototypes and showed one of them to Randy Hansen. Hansen was very impressed with the stability of guitar tuning made possible by this new bridge. Slowly, popularity of the new Floyd Rose tremolo started to grow. Rose received an increasing number of orders for his invention: soon he bought his own manufacturing equipment and started commercial production in his basement. Guitar Player magazine published a review of the new bridge and even more guitarists become interested.[1] On January 3, 1977, Rose filed his first US patent application, which was issued almost 3 years later on October 23, 1979.

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wow! thanx!

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