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Getting ready to pullthe trigger on two Super 2's, Whats the differenece between Dimarzio Super 2's F-Spaced versus not F-spaced????

f spaced are for guitars with tremolos like the stratocaster. i believe the f is for fender.

I never could figure out much difference either so I just got the regular spaced, and worked fine with my warmoth.

The guitar i will be putting htese on is a Ibanez MC300 with no tremelo, and a fixed tail piece, so regular it is, thanx

F-Spaced Bridge pickups have a wider pole spacing, and were produced for guitars with Floating tremolos (Floyd Rose, Wilkinsons) which have a wider string spacing at the bridge. So the bridge pickup would be F-Spaced so the strings would be centered over the pole-pieces--otherwise they'd be outside the pole-pieces of a normally spaced pickup. If you're using a standard bridge, you probably don't need F-Spaced, but some guys still like having it.

F is wider Fender-style spacing

Seymour Duncan's term is "Trembucker"

Super II's will sound thin in your guitar. You would be much better off with Super Distortions (Dual Sounds). Trust me, I made the mistake you are about to make.

Chris

Why would having a tremelo change the spacing? A hardtail strat would still need the wider F-spacing if the geometry in my head is correct, right?

Imagined Days wrote:Super II's will sound thin in your guitar. You would be much better off with Super Distortions (Dual Sounds). Trust me, I made the mistake you are about to make.

Chris

+1.

I, too, made this mistake--Super IIs in an MC300--and it's like Chris said: thin, thin, thin. I'm not happy with them at all. By contrast, I have an old Ibanez Studio with their late 70s V2 pickups, which are alledged to be Super Distortion knockoffs, and it sounds way better--fuller and more Jerry-ish. I'm going to pull the Super IIs from the MC300 as soon as I get the time.

I do wonder why the Super IIs sound so bad in these guitars. Not enough Cocobolo, perhaps.

Super II's (middle position) sound pretty good in Strats though...

F-me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shoulda waitied i just bought two super 2's, god damm it what shoudl i do, how could that be possible its the same pickup????

mijknahs wrote:Super II's (middle position) sound pretty good in Strats though...

+1
Sounds great in a Les Paul too.

USBLUES wrote:F-me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shoulda waitied i just bought two super 2's, god damm it what shoudl i do, how could that be possible its the same pickup????

What do you mean? the super distortions and super II's are different pikups. You will be able to use the super II's they're bright high output pkups, use your amp and tone to tame it. I can't imagine it being that much different, but I haven't owned an MC 300 so I can't say for sure.... If that is the case, you may want to put them in another guitar.. Its a super II in the middle is what you want, anywhere else I can see them being too bright.

I mean that i should have waited for this generous forum's response to putting super 2's in an MC300 before pulling the triger and buying super 2's on ebay. I didn't know that avitar would have middle fingers pointed out, i thought it was fire, anger directed to myself......i mean how could the same pickup sound thin and so off, the mc300 is very similar to the tiger,

I wasn't wondering about your anger that is understandable. see above.

oh i gotcha, all im looking for is that middle super 2 coil split sound, if that sounds right or close i'm happy