Steve Mavronis
Tele-Meister
The stock original bridge is F-spaced as are the Tonerider Birmingham replacement set. That's the spacing of the poles not the actual pickup bobbin widths which are standard.
Modify Humbucker Openings Or New Pickups?
- Thread starter Steve Mavronis
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The stock original bridge is F-spaced as are the Tonerider Birmingham replacement set. That's the spacing of the poles not the actual pickup bobbin widths which are standard.
Just research your choices and pick the one that fits - not that it matters if you open the pick guard a bit more - but life too short to worry about size - just start with the right size to begin with.
Steve Mavronis
Tele-Meister
Finished filing the bridge plate opening. Just have to touch up the bare edges with some Testors black enamel model paint. Good for the Tonerider Birmingham bridge humbucker now! Next the pickguard opening to enlarge.
Steve Mavronis
Tele-Meister
Everything now fits! I modded the bridge plate and pickguard opening in my TE-20 HH SBK to properly install the Tonerider Birmingham humbucker set I bought. I enlarged the holes to 70.5mm x 38.3mm for some wiggle room. The original dimensions were too tight! I used painters tape as a guide for the edges started with the corners first using a round file. Tonerider told me the height adjustment screw size is #3-48 imperial (non-metric) thread spacing. Eventually I'll try to find black screws instead of the chrome ones the pickups come with.
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