what pickups might fit an EMG single coil route

[1975strat]

I was wondering if anyone has found another pickup other than an EMG single coil that will fit an EMG single coil route.  I have a set of them now in one of my guitars and was looking for something different to install in another.  The Guitar has a pristine finish and I don't want to wreck it since I have zero skills when it comes to any tools beside a screw driver.  :dontknow:

Thanks

 

[drewfx]

Lace Sensors are the first thing that comes to my mind.

 

[1975strat]

I was looking at those and was trying to find dimensions of them is proving hard to find. thanks for information.

 

[crash]

Some Seymour Duncan pickups.

If you are really ambitious, get a shot router bit and undercut the pickup opening and you can fit any single  cool pickup.

 

[Cagey]

I was wondering if anyone has found another pickup other than an EMG single coil that will fit an EMG single coil route.  I have a set of them now in one of my guitars and was looking for something different to install in another.  The Guitar has a pristine finish and I don't want to wreck it since I have zero skills when it comes to any tools beside a screw driver.  :dontknow:

You may be worried about nothing. I have several different manufacturers single coil pickups here, and they all measure roughly the same, give or take 1mm-2mm. Openings are always routed slightly larger to allow easy movement. But, you're right to check. Better than being surprised. Oddly enough, you're right - official dimensions appear to be a closely guarded secret. Either that, or they don't bother publishing them because they're not an issue - all single coil openings are roughly the same.

 

[drewfx]

I was wondering if anyone has found another pickup other than an EMG single coil that will fit an EMG single coil route.  I have a set of them now in one of my guitars and was looking for something different to install in another.  The Guitar has a pristine finish and I don't want to wreck it since I have zero skills when it comes to any tools beside a screw driver.  :dontknow:

You may be worried about nothing. I have several different manufacturers single coil pickups here, and they all measure roughly the same, give or take 1mm-2mm. Openings are always routed slightly larger to allow easy movement. But, you're right to check. Better than being surprised. Oddly enough, you're right - official dimensions appear to be a closely guarded secret. Either that, or they don't bother publishing them because they're not an issue - all single coil openings are roughly the same.

From W's PU routing options:

 

[Cagey]

I see. That's the base outline, not the top. I was measuring the tops. Forgot about needing to clear the base. My fault. Never mind.

 

[Jumble Jumble]

Lots of Duncans will fit:

SSL-5, SSL-6, SSL-3
STK-Sx (all the Stack Plus pickups)
Hot/Vintage/Cool rails
Little 59/Duckbucker/JB Jr/Li'l Screamin' Demon
Quarter Pounders
Blackouts singles
Lipstick Tube
Livewire Classic II

 

[Jeremiah]

Be careful with the Duncan "rails" pickups and other single coil sized humbuckers - they are a slightly different shape than a standard single coil as the plastic surrounding the rails is a bit more square at the ends. A pickguard that is cut for a standard Strat pickup often has to be modified to fit one of these, and it may be the same for the body rout.

 

[line6man]

I've had pickups custom made to that shape, because I don't like direct mounted single coils with the flanged bases. You can do the same, if you want.