Should I get F-spaced or Regualr, or does it matter

[GuitarEvan07]

Thanks guys! I think Ill just get a Non F-spaced.
Yeah I would order it, but I'm to anxious to try out this guitar

[kotornut]

Is this why my stock Ibby pickup in my RG560 is a bt of on the 6th string?

[AlkyHauler]

Originally Posted by elcid

hilarous...

[gee]

Originally Posted by GuitarEvan07

Thanks for the replies guys.
Im not having a problem finding f spaced dimarzio pickups. I just can find a White F-spaced Tone zone pickups ANYWHERE IN-STOCK. They are on musicians friend and sam ash, and all but none in stock. I challenge you all to find one! Even on the bay! I really need one and I can't find any!

I'm looking for the exact same one at the same sites for 2 weeks or more. No one has white f-spaced tone zones right now as all have "backordered until 4/11" listed. I'm gonna place my order anyway and hopefully it'll get here sooner ...Money is burning holes in the pockets.

[Lefty Robb]

Originally Posted by gee

I'm looking for the exact same one at the same sites for 2 weeks or more. No one has white f-spaced tone zones right now as all have "backordered until 4/11" listed. I'm gonna place my order anyway and hopefully it'll get here sooner ...Money is burning holes in the pockets.

did you e-mail banjomikez on the bay? I've been buying pickups from him for years, he will custom order anything dimarzio can make, at the same price.

mike@mikes-music-shop.com

just tell him Lefty Robb sent ya...

[bdk]

Originally Posted by jaxadam

It doesn't matter is it's F-spaced or not, unless you are that meticulous about cosmetic looks. 1/2 of a mm is not going to affect sound, especially when you consider how much people lower and raise their pickups.

I have put numerous F-spaced and non F-spaced pickups in the same guitar, and numerous guitars, and it makes no difference.

+1 Does not matter. I've had several "normal" in F space and F space in normal. I bet it does make a technical difference though. I do not think it makes an auditory difference capable of being heard by a human being. Maybe a bat or a dog though. Maybe.

Furthermore, of course Dimarzio wants you to think there's a difference, that way you have to go buy more pickups instead of simply interchanging them!!! Time to sleep.

[nuno]

i don't think there's some money matter from DiMarzio, since they cost the same. i tried many F-spaced and regular-spaced versions of the same pickups (Super Distortion, ToneZone, PAF Pro, Evolution) and i always heard difference in either artificial and natural harmonics generated by the strings that weren't aligned on the regular-spaced pickups, i.e. when the strings are aligned to their poles, seems like the pickups hears more harmonics from those. i think i also heard more dynamics. of course i tried them on the same guitar, same amp, same eveything.

my 2 cents