Lollar Charlie Christian Pickup & Squier Classic Vibe: help!

Has anyone installed one of these pickups in the neck position of a Squier Classic Vibe Tele?
Is there any need to cut some wood away, or is ther enough room already?:confused:

Thanks for all your help!

Like, no one..................???

From what I've heard about them you need a custom route - but I don't have them. I'm pretty sure Jason Lollar has routing templates for them on his site.

Hey there Yoga. I've put a Lollar CC in the CV50. I did not need to route anything. It was close, real close. But it worked out fine. In the end, I went back to stock configuration.

Good luck to you!
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Hey androo, Super thanks!!!!

So, for anyone who's interested,

yes I have installed it in a Squier Classic Vibe 50, with no modifications needed whatsoever, apart for a newly cut pickguard.

By the way, the stock bridge pickup is a very good match for the Lollar Charlie Christian, being on the Broadcaster side, hottish at 8.9 K.

These guitars, besides being VERY GOOD instruments in their own right, are a very good way to experiment with pickups, without having to cut them up.

All in all, it was a fun project, and I'm really pleased with it............

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo122/YOGA64/X001_1.jpg

http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo122/YOGA64/X002_1-1.jpg

It looks classy. So what does the route look like beneath the pickguard?

I'd love to try that modification, looks great!

How does the pickup sound on it's own and in the middle position?

Well, the route underneath looks like a humbucker sized one.

So I guess we can fit a standard single coil, tele or strat type, a P90, a humbucker or a Charlie Christian. Just about anything we want.

The pickup sounds great, jazzy but clear at the same time with a wonderful harmonic content, that's the best way I can describe it.
In the middle position you gain quite a bit of clarity, provided you set the pickups at the "correct" height, i.e. low at the neck and a bit higher than usual at the bridge.

I'm mostly a fingerstyle player, so this is what I get:

neck - jazz, jump blues
neck+middle - a great Merle Travis sound
bridge - the usual 50's Tele sound, on the Broadcaster side

Hope this helps, I'm surely not disappointed I did this mod, and it is fully reversable if I wish.

Well, the route underneath looks like a humbucker sized one.

So I guess we can fit a standard single coil, tele or strat type, a P90, a humbucker or a Charlie Christian. Just about anything we want.

The pickup sounds great, jazzy but clear at the same time with a wonderful harmonic content, that's the best way I can describe it.
In the middle position you gain quite a bit of clarity, provided you set the pickups at the "correct" height, i.e. low at the neck and a bit higher than usual at the bridge.

I'm mostly a fingerstyle player, so this is what I get:

neck - jazz, jump blues
neck+middle - a great Merle Travis sound
bridge - the usual 50's Tele sound, on the Broadcaster side

Hope this helps, I'm surely not disappointed I did this mod, and it is fully reversable if I wish.

Thanks man, that a useful description. I found this You tube clip of Tim Lerch showing his pickup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgYsugjmITc

Sounds nice.