Dimarzio Pickup Questions for HORIZON NT-II STB (my new axe)
Dimarzio Pickup Questions for HORIZON NT-II STB (my new axe)
Dimarzio F-Spaced pickups will match the string spacing at most bridges, even tune-o-matics, better than the regular spacing. The strings line up perfect;y on my Epiphone LP, LTD-H-300, and my NT-II when I had Dimarzios in that guitar briefly. Dimarzio F-Spaced is much narrower than say a Seymour Duncan Trembucker. Oh, and the Tone Zone is the tonal opposite of the JB to me --very dark in comparison. The Evolution is a bit darker then the JB and will sound good in a Horizon. It's my favorite pickup.
It should just be standard spacing. But if you really want to be sure, just measure the pickup in the guitar. 50mm is standard spacing, and 53 mm is F-spacing. And that's from pole to pole.
ok, from what I understand a pole piece in a guitar pickup is the small metal circles in a pickup, its the the string goes over, right? Do I measure between the poles or do I measure the entire pickup, height and length? Thanks.
I'm suprised you say the Tone Zone is the tonal opposite of the JB. They're not completely similar or I wouldnt have recommended it as an alternative but the Tone Zone is in the same ball park as the JB in my opinion. I wouldnt say it was darker either. Warmer, certainly wth more headroom and better harmonics.
you dont need F spaced. Those are generally for guitars with a trem but wouldnt hurt anything. I had a non F-spaced (regular JB) in my M200FM and the only difference I noticed was that bar dives and pulls, mostly pulls, didnt sustain as well. Really small difference though. Buy a Bill Lawrence XL500L (or dimebucker) and you dont ever have to worry about proper spacing.
1. What is the difference between the Evolution F-Space pickups and the Evolution Standard/Regular pickups? (both neck and bridge)
NT-IIs need regular spacing bridge pups. You can read it from the (overseas) japanese website specs. Plus the JB I took out of my own NT-II was indeed a SH-4 (regular spacing).
On another hand, btw, NT-Is actually need F-spaced buckers (you can still read it on the japanese website).
It sure may be a little confusing as, at first, F-spaced (DiMarzio) or Trembuckers (Seymour Duncan) were designed to fit Fender tremolo or OFR bridges.
No rule of thumb, sorry.
Oh please don't tell me you are back :rolleyes: