Non F spaced with a Floyd?

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Offline cragginshred

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Non F spaced with a Floyd?
« on: December 05, 2019, 12:54:41 PM »
I got another AT-1 and it does not say F-spaced on the box or on the invoice -guessing there are 2 versions?? I'm assuming I got a version meant for a LP.

My question is how off with the pole pieces be used with a Floyd equipped guitar? Or I will rephrase this in a blind A/B test could you tell the difference of guitar A) with a Floyd and non F spaced and guitar B) with an F spaced and by how much?

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Re: Non F spaced with a Floyd?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2019, 02:35:33 PM »
Yes, in the strictest of technical terms there is a difference. However......



Difference is insignificant.

More of a marketing trick pups companies use to play on the OCD nature of most guitar players.
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Re: Non F spaced with a Floyd?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2019, 08:18:50 PM »
That's what Dimarzio actually said too. Not the marketing ploy part thos!

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Re: Non F spaced with a Floyd?
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2019, 08:44:21 PM »
The strings won't be aligned perfectly, but most of the time I can't hear a difference. I have a couple of regular spaced Dimarzios where I'm supposed to have an F-spaced.

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Re: Non F spaced with a Floyd?
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2019, 04:08:17 AM »
The low E is rarely a problem as it has so much mass that it does not matter if the polepiece is a bit off. The high e can be more problematic but in almost all cases I was able to adjust by raising the polepiece under this string and/or lower the other polepieces.

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