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Alembic products => Owning an Alembic => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: rv_bass on January 25, 2022, 04:30:43 PM

Title: Pickup Measurements
Post by: rv_bass on January 25, 2022, 04:30:43 PM

Would anyone happen to know the measurements for AXY56 and MXY56 pickups?  Thanks!

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 25, 2022, 04:41:20 PM

Here ya' go Rob- https://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=216.0


 ;)

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: rv_bass on January 25, 2022, 04:48:16 PM

Thanks, Greg!

Where did you find that?  I looked on FAQ, must read, and did a search on pickup size and didn’t find anything.

:)

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: lbpesq on January 25, 2022, 05:07:21 PM

FAQ > Information Related to All Instruments > Pickup Sizes

Bill, tgo

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: bigredbass on January 25, 2022, 05:09:47 PM

IF you're changing out pickups on an Alembic, don't do what I did:  When I went from AXY's on the Spoiler to FatBoys, I got Fatboy 56's, not realizing that with a classic taper 5 neck, it actually required FatBoy 4's to replace the AXY 4's it came with. 56's were way too big for the routs.  Be sure and check . . . .

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: rv_bass on January 25, 2022, 05:21:37 PM

Thanks, Bill, I guess I too used to the Google look at the first page and move on! 

Joey, thanks very much for the warning!  I was thinking of maybe putting them in a non-Alembic body and want to make sure they would fit the existing rout. 

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: rv_bass on January 31, 2022, 05:34:28 PM

Well, the existing routs are too small…bummer

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: edwardofhuncote on January 31, 2022, 07:20:02 PM

;D

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: rv_bass on February 01, 2022, 04:03:24 PM

:)

Title: Re: Pickup Measurements
Post by: BeenDown139 on February 02, 2022, 05:55:00 AM

as a life long sparkie who did many years in electronic manufacturing in the trenches alongside the gearheads (a.k.a. mechanical engineers) i learned many a mechanical maxim from those guys that i see put into practice to this day on the shop floor.  among the foremost:

  1) If it doesn't fit, force it.
  2) if it still doesn't fit, use a bigger hammer.
  3) file to fit, paint to match.