standard spaced dimarzio on a RG?

[VOLTAGE]

I am buying a used tone zone cheap to hear but it is regular spaced ?
will it be too far off alignment of the edge trem?

[sniperfrommars1]

Originally Posted by VOLTAGE

I am buying a used tone zone cheap to hear but it is regular spaced ?
will it be too far off alignment of the edge trem?

Ive used standard spaced paf pros in edge equipped guitars and havent been able to dicern a difference. I think this may be more of an issue with low output pickups. THe magnets throw in an oval curve anyways. Try putting masking tape over your pickups to test it,and use metal filings of some kind to test. Ive done this before. As long as the string is around it your fine. You can also just adjust the pole peices to fine tune this. Remember you may want them to be in their polarity range so one of those stew mac, polarity testers may come in hand

[VOLTAGE]

thanks anyone else use or ever try a non F spaced dimarzio(not duncans) in a edge loaded RG?

[marianozz]

The Steve's Special i had in my RG570 was standard, never had a problem

[horstausmforst]

The stock Vs and Fs I had, were all standard spaced anyway. I'm now using standard-spaced duncans without any problems.

(edit: All of them being in Edge-equipped axes of course)

[MicJustMic]

This has been debated to death . . .

So much so that I did a sort of controlled test.

I have two sets of EVOs, one standard, one F-spaced

Using the same guitar, same strings and a volt meter, dropping a padded penny MANY times onto the E string (the one that seemed most "off" using the standard spaced pup) at an angle from exactly the same hight I saw no difference in the average output.

Nor did my ears tell me there was any notable difference in tone.

My conclusion?

F-spacing, while it makes the pup LOOK better in relationship to how it lines up with the strings, since the magnetic field is almost exactly the same no matter where the poles are, sonically there is no difference.

Mic