What is the string spacing on a Strat?

What is the string spacing on a Strat?

You selected the 6-point tremolo There are two types of Fender 6-Point tremolos. The difference between the two is the string spacing measured across the saddles at the bridge. There is WIDE 2-7/32″ string spacing, and NARROW 2-1/16″ string spacing.

How do you calculate string spacing?

String spacing is measured from the center of one string to the center of another string; this results in the actual spacing between the lower strings, which are thicker, being smaller than that between the higher strings, which are thinner.

What is the string spacing on a Fender Telecaster?

String spacing is approximately 2-1/16″. Used on American Series, American Deluxe, and American Standard Series (US) guitars manufactured from ’86-’07. Fender American Series Gold Tele Offset Saddle Bridge.

What is pickup pole spacing?

By “pole piece spacing” we mean the amount of space in between the pole pieces of the pickups. This roughly relates to the spacing in between the strings of the guitar, but not entirely.

How much space should be between strings and frets?

The distance between the strings and the neck at the 12th fret should be about 1.6 millimetres (0.063 in), or the width of a dime. Hold the flat end of a ruler against the neck and measure how high the strings are. If the strings are further than 1.6 millimetres (0.063 in), (high action) you need to lower the bridge.

Is a Telecaster neck wider than a Stratocaster neck?

Telecaster Necks. Both the modern Telecaster and Stratocaster bolt-on necks largely feature 22 frets and a 25.5” scale, with identical nut width and 9.5” fretboard radius. But the Stratocaster has a noticeably larger headstock, whether the original iteration or the bulky one that was used from 1965-81.

Do telecasters have wide necks?

Fender Telecasters Like the Stratocasters, Telecasters on the high end have a wider neck around 1.68 inches, but stay near 1.65 on the cheaper end.

Does pickup string spacing matter?

For correct string alignment and a balanced output, F-spaced humbuckers should be used in the bridge position on guitars with string spacing at the bridge of 2.1″ or 53mm (or greater). If the nut width is 1-11/16″ or 43mm (or greater) F-spaced pickups can be used in the neck position.

What is standard pickup spacing?

DiMarzio “Standard” humbuckers measure 1.90″ (48 mm) center-to-center from the first polepiece to the sixth. A Seymour Duncan standard humbucker string spacing measures just a touch wider, coming in at 1.930″ (49mm).