F-spaced pickups

[eg]

I saw in the dimarzio catalog that all tremolo guitars should have F-spaced bridge pickups.

How about the neck pickups? Do they need to be F-spaced too?

[Agent540]

even I can't answer your interressant question, I add one :

and for 7 strings axes ? I saw Pups for 7 Strings but no F-spaced 7

so what ???

[screamndemon69]

F spaced pups are for looks: the strings line up with the poles. The neck pup doesn't need to be F spaced either unless you like the looks more. Most pickups are made with enough output that it has almost zero affect if you use F spaced or non F spaced.

I've used F spaced and Non F spaced with no difference in overall percepted sound. EVH has been using non F spaced since the beginning and still does.

Just my 2 cents.

[Agent540]

you're right screamy !

personnally, I use Hot rails non F-spaced and I don't hear any difference !

[jaxadam]

Originally Posted by Agent540

you're right screamy !

personnally, I use Hot rails non F-spaced and I don't hear any difference !

That's because there is no F-spaced with rail pickups.

F-spaced is only cosmetic to line the pole pieces up with the strings and makes no sound difference.

[Agent540]

Originally Posted by jaxadam

That's because there is no F-spaced with rail pickups.

oh !

[RG1820X]

Originally Posted by Agent540

even I can't answer your interressant question, I add one :

and for 7 strings axes ? I saw Pups for 7 Strings but no F-spaced 7

All Dimarzio 7 string pickups are F-spaced.

[Agent540]

Thanx a lot, RG1820X

[chone]

Straight from DiMarzio.com:

DiMarzio.com:
Most tremolo equipped guitars that have a nut width of 1-11/16” (43mm) or more should also use an F-spaced pickup in the neck position.

All wizard and jem necks have a 43 mm wide nut.

[eg]

Originally Posted by chone

Straight from DiMarzio.com:


All wizard and jem necks have a 43 mm wide nut.

That's what I needed, so I guess I'll use f-spaced for the neck and bridge. Thanks a lot guys.