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02-28-2010, 09:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vermont | | | Pickup Placement, measurements of specific basses
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I throw the odd parts bass together every once in a while & decided to search the forums for info regarding P/U placement of a few certain intruments. While there are many threads regarding placement & it's huge effect on sound, I didn't find any hard & fast numbers (maybe they're out there?) for various basses. I myself would find this interesting just for comparison & also useful for building. So I thought I would start up a list that others can add to if they feel inclined.
I chose not to measure from the bridge because of the compensating saddles but measured from the nut since it is a constant point relative to the scale of the instrument. On both basses I measured, I measured from the nut to the center of the pickup (same as the center of the pole on single coils) & also added the pole centers for the humbucker. Numbers in parentheses are the remainder when subtracted from the given scale length.
The two that I can throw out there are: 1976 Music Man Stingray
34" scale length
Nut to PU centerline 30 9/16" (3 7/16")
Nut to Pole centerlines 30 1/8" & 31 1/16" (3 7/8" & 2 15/16") 1998 MIM Fender Jazz
34" scale length
Nut to bridge PU centerline 31 7/16" (2 9/16")
Nut to Neck PU centerline 27 7/8" (6 1/8") | 
02-28-2010, 09:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Zagreb, Croatia | | This is a very good idea as having such standardized tables may finally give some people an answer why particular pickups at particular positions create particular sounds.
Would love to help - I'll check my P/J bass clone once I get to that bass and write back. If you plan on adding to the table, here's an extra idea you might want to consider: it would also be good to write down the metric equivalent, for us Imperially impaired.
I was going to comment on the instrument scale because it has a major impact and the sizes have to be refactored for <34" or >34" scales, but I see you got that covered.  By the way, is the 1998 MIM Jazz the one with 60s or 70s pickup spacing?
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02-28-2010, 09:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vermont | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Stealth Would love to help - I'll check my P/J bass clone once I get to that bass and write back. | That would be great, I think it will be interesting to see how things compare.
I can add metric to my dimensions, I think that's a good idea. I had started going inch/decimal with my own measurements then realized many people here (including myself) would use a inch+fractions tape measure, so I stayed completely fractional.
I'm not sure which layout my Jazz is, hopefully we'll find out!
I am particularly interested in measurements from a 60's/70's Humbucker Telecaster bass if anybody's got one.
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03-24-2010, 05:23 AM
|  | 5-string Rider | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Home-STL; location-Hesse. | | | My EBMM HH, 34-inch scale, measured from the nut:
Neck pickup centerline, 26 5/8;
Rear pickup centerline, 30 5/16.
My MTD 535, 35-inch scale, measured from the nut (ignored the '0' fret):
Neck pickup centerline, 29 1/2;
Rear pickup centerline, 32 15/16. | 
03-24-2010, 06:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Zagreb, Croatia | | | Okay, P/J clone, 34" scale, measured from nut:
P-pickup center:
734mm, 85% of total scale length
P-pickup EA-half, pole centers:
720mm, 83.333% = 5/6 of total scale length
P-pickup DG-half, pole centers:
750mm, 86.80555555% of total scale length
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03-24-2010, 08:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Great White North | | | 2 'Wicks Great thread, useful data.
Warwick Thumb NT 4 string, 34" scale
measured from nut to centrline of pup
Neck: 29 3/4"
Bridge (angled, measurement from centre of neck): 32 3/8"
Warwick Thumb NT 5 string fretless, 34 1/2" scale
both pups angled and parallel to one onother, measurement from centre of neck (A string)
Neck: 31 1/8"
Bridge: 32 3/4" | 
04-12-2010, 06:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Russia, Moscow | | | Hey, guys.
Can anyone give measurements of PU placement for Ibanez GWB1 or 1005? Thanks | 
05-02-2010, 11:52 AM
|  | Thread Killer | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Valley of the Sun (AZ) | | | SR1005 - 34" scale
Nut to centerline of pickups:
Neck: 28 15/16"
Bridge: 31 15/16"
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