mini humbucker cavity

[Zhaezzy]

I just installed this pickup and well it is all the way on the bottom of the cavity. This height might work with a tunomatic bridge in the bridge position but otherwise no. Both mini humbuckers I installed are like that. I am saying that maybe change the spec to make it 1/4 inch deeper. I will drill a few holes to make it fit but I feel I shoudl nto have to . In the future check the spec for some more modern mini humbuckers. the pickup there is a Dimarzion PG-13. I had the same problem with a cheapo Chinese pickup and dismissed it as the pickup. Still waiting on my neck BTW.

 

[Logrinn]

Strange. It looks like the minihumbucker is much deeper than the ordinary humbucker. But I thought that Dimarzio made both pickups to the same height specification.
Do you have an image of both pickups side by side out of the body?

 

[BigSteve22]

Strange. It looks like the minihumbucker is much deeper than the ordinary humbucker. But I thought that Dimarzio made both pickups to the same height specification.
Do you have an image of both pickups side by side out of the body?

Very Strange indeed. I just checked the drawings on DiMarzio's site, and they indicate their Mini HBs are only .860" from the top of the case to the bottom of the mount. What do those pups measure, and how deep is the route?

 

[Verne Bunsen]

I would also be very interested to see the pickup out of the body as well as the route itself. I checked the Warmoth specifications for the route and they don't indicate depth.

 

[Zhaezzy]

We have waning daylight here But I will give some pics and measurements.

 

[Zhaezzy]

Still not the best lighting but here goes you can see.

 

[BigSteve22]

The route looks to be 2.5cm, or about .985" deep. Did you measure the pickup? If it matches the standard DiMarzio .860", even if there's no recess for the mounts, it shouldn't even be level with the top of the body......

 

[AirCap]

Also..... Screws go towards the neck....

 

[Verne Bunsen]

The route looks to be 2.5cm, or about .985" deep. Did you measure the pickup? If it matches the standard DiMarzio .860", even if there's no recess for the mounts, it shouldn't even be level with the top of the body......

Yes, the numbers don't add up here. In the picture of the pickup in the route, it looks as though better than half the pickup is protruding above the top of the guitar. For this to be the case with the pickup bottomed out, the route depth would have to be around 1/2", give or take, but that is clearly not the case. Something has to be hanging up somewhere... How does it sit in there without the mounting ring?

 

[Zhaezzy]

The route looks to be 2.5cm, or about .985" deep. Did you measure the pickup? If it matches the standard DiMarzio .860", even if there's no recess for the mounts, it shouldn't even be level with the top of the body......

Yes, the numbers don't add up here. In the picture of the pickup in the route, it looks as though better than half the pickup is protruding above the top of the guitar. For this to be the case with the pickup bottomed out, the route depth would have to be around 1/2", give or take, but that is clearly not the case. Something has to be hanging up somewhere... How does is sit in there without the mounting ring?

The pickup is 2.6cm  bottom of the feet to the top of the pickup the route is 1.9 cm. The pickup is not mounted to the ring it is on the bottom mounted to the wood. It is not the end of the world but a deeper route for Warmoth for future bodies or maybe just the PG 13 is having that problem. good catch on teh pickup screw orientation but I mounted it so the cable naturally goes into the hole for it flipping the pickup has no bearing oher than shortening the cable becase it has to go across the pickup. My generic Ibanez pickup measures 2.2 cm and seems to be about the same as the Bridge humbucker. (standard hb)  My Chinese mini HB measures 2.5 cm

 

[Logrinn]

Flipping the pickup might actually have a bearing.
First, you might end up with an out of phase sound with the other pickup. If you're ok with that, then no problem.
Two, the cable being located at the bottom indicates that this is a mini humbucker meant for the bridge position. As such it's just possible that it is slightly higher than a neck version of the same pickup.

 

[Logrinn]

Another thing:
2,6 cm (26mm) seems pretty thick (high?) for a pickup.
I had a look at Seymour Duncans mini humbucker and they spec it to 0.835" = a little more than 2,1 cm (21mm).
If Warmoth have routed the pickup cavity after a SD one, then that would make the chinese and the Dimarzio ones unsuited for this body.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

The pickup is 2.6cm  bottom of the feet to the top of the pickup...

I had a look at Seymour Duncans mini humbucker and they spec it to 0.835" = a little more than 2,1 cm (21mm).

That is interesting. The Dimarzio spec sheet shows 0.86" (about 2.2cm) from top to the bottom of the feet. Must be that the PG-13 deviates from that spec and just isn't listed?
http://www.dimarzio.com/sites/default/files/diagrams/minibuckerdim.pdf

Either way, doesn't change the situation any! Have you mentioned this to Warmoth directly? Could be a data point they'd be interested to have.

Flipping the pickup might actually have a bearing.
First, you might end up with an out of phase sound with the other pickup. If you're ok with that, then no problem.

Rotating the pickup should not cause any phase issues, as it doesn't change the relationship of wind direction and magnetic polarity of the coils.