Wood mounting noiseless single coil

[Yogevs]

Hello wise people,

Does anyone have some experience with wood mounting noiseless single coils?
There are two issues that concern me:
1) Noiseless are somewhat taller than regular single coils. Would they be compatible with a rear-router Warmoth velocity body?
(Some numbers: Warmoth pickup socket depth: 19mm, typical single coil height: 18mm, SD STK-S4 height: 22mm, Fender ultra noiseless height: 25mm)
2) There are metal nuts built into the pickups that cannot be drilled out without damaging the pickup (attached picture). Do you think I can simply use screws that are thin enough to pass through the nuts?

Thank you!

 

[Hendrix]

1 , I use Lace one OK , the PU have around 8mm out of wood , so Fender ultra noiseless height: 25mm - 8 = 17mm may be OK with thin sponge

2 , just use thinner screws should be OK , may not easy to fine the long thin screws .

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Humbucking mounting ring screws work great for direct mounting singles to wood.

 

[Yogevs]

Thanks! I prefer not to use the mounting ring. I guess I will need to find thin long screws. Using the fender ultra noiseless might be a bit of a risk, I will look for shorter pickups.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

No the ring itself, just the screws for mounting the ring.

Humbucker Mounting Ring Screws - Screws - Guitar & Bass Parts - Hardware

<p> These screws are used for attaching humbucker mounting rings. </p> <h5>Details</h5> <ul class="bullets"> <li>Includes 12 screws</li> <li>Phillips Flat Head</li> <li>Length is 5/8" (15.88 mm)</li> <li>Thread diameter

warmoth.com

 

[Hendrix]

Lace Noiseless are good , use by Fender in 80s too , got many tone style too

beside EMG look , it also got Conventional single coils look .

https://lacemusic.com/collections/7/products/lace-sensor-holy-grail-hg1000

 

[Yogevs]

Lace Noiseless are good , use by Fender in 80s too , got many tone style too

They sound really nice and indeed much shorter than the noiseless ones that I found. But I slightly prefer the sound of SD STK-S4, and it has a push/pull option to transfer between a true single coil and noiseless which I really like. They are only 3 mm higher than the depth of Warmoth's socket so I think it would be fine (and if you think it's not fine, please tell me!)

No the ring itself, just the screws for mounting the ring.

Humbucker Mounting Ring Screws - Screws - Guitar & Bass Parts - Hardware

<p> These screws are used for attaching humbucker mounting rings. </p> <h5>Details</h5> <ul class="bullets"> <li>Includes 12 screws</li> <li>Phillips Flat Head</li> <li>Length is 5/8" (15.88 mm)</li> <li>Thread diameter

warmoth.com

It looks like their dimensions should fit, but I don't think they are for wood.

 

[stratamania]

It looks like their dimensions should fit, but I don't think they are for wood.

They are for wood. Used normally for mounting pickup surrounds into wood.

 

[Yogevs]

Ohh right, my bad. Thank you all!

 

[Hendrix]

SD STK-S4 3 mm higher than the depth of Warmoth's socket should be OK ,

fender 25mm don't have room to adj down

 

[johnnyj]

i had a stk s4 in my velocity wood mounted and it fitted just fine (strat sc routing). maybe a little bit less space for maneuvering height but it was alright.

*edit: oops didnt see the ancient age of this thread*

 

[NedRyerson]

It's not as ancient as me resurrecting a13-year-old topic a while ago.

 

[JulietLisbon]

The good old days