GreeneKing Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm thinking about commissioning a somewhat special bass for a particular sentimental reason. I have an urge to get close to the traditional MM and P bass tones from something that looks much more modern. Can you Stingray and Fender P bass owners give me the pickup centreline distances from the 12th fret so that I can look at the possibilities. Much appreciated. Pedro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 My MM is 14.5 inches from centre of the pick up to the 12th fret along the centre line. Hope that helps. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 It does thanks Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Pre EB Ray 345mm 12th fret to centre of humbucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 (edited) Ray 5 and the EBMM are the same too. 345mm=the sweet spot then Edited January 19, 2011 by stingrayPete1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Much appreciated guys, now the P to go Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 296mm 12th fret to centre where the split is. That's a squire though so needs confirming greeneking. Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1095510' date='Jan 19 2011, 07:10 PM']296mm 12th fret to centre where the split is. That's a squire though so needs confirming greeneking. Ta[/quote] Exactly the same on my US Precisions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 from the 12th fret on my 64 precision to the centre of the polepieces 281 mm and 309 mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='1095500' date='Jan 19 2011, 07:01 PM']It does thanks Dan[/quote] You're more than welcome! Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have a mex 50s reissue and 2 MIJ and they are all as near as damit the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Sounds like someone will be paying ou7shined some legal fees on a Pingray? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Hehe, if I pay Rich legal fees he'll have bigger ones to pay to Messrs Ball and F Purely research. all in the public domain, move along.... Many thanks all. Rich, your thoughts? Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmoore Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hope to see this become a thread over in the build diaries, been tempted to make my own P/MM but lack of funds and too many basses that i need to sell stops me... unless of course your build gives me more GAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vibrating G String Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='1095491' date='Jan 19 2011, 10:51 AM']I'm thinking about commissioning a somewhat special bass for a particular sentimental reason. I have an urge to get close to the traditional MM and P bass tones from something that looks much more modern. Can you Stingray and Fender P bass owners give me the pickup centreline distances from the 12th fret so that I can look at the possibilities. Much appreciated. Pedro[/quote] In a standard pickup shell there is about 4mm of overlap. If you pulled them out of the shell and made your own you could get the coils in the exact spots. I went for the P being 4mm towards the nut and I love it. The 2 together are greater than either alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='pietruszka' post='1095495' date='Jan 19 2011, 06:58 PM']My MM is 14.5 inches from centre of the pick up to the 12th fret along the centre line.[/quote] That's 368 millimetres - nearly an inch more than what Pete measures. Edited January 20, 2011 by stevie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumnote Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 (edited) [quote name='stevie' post='1096300' date='Jan 20 2011, 01:32 PM']That's 368 millimetres - nearly an inch more what Pete measures.[/quote] on my ray its about 345 from the 12 fret centre to the middle or 320 to the front of the housingi Edited January 20, 2011 by bumnote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1095528' date='Jan 19 2011, 07:19 PM']Sounds like someone will be paying ou7shined some legal fees on a Pingray? [/quote] Here actually is Peter (Greeneking) playing the Pingray - or rather discovering how dismally long I have my strap. [attachment=69442:Moffat_Peter_low.jpg] As has been pointed out the 2 pups in their classic positions annoyingly encroach into each others territory. For my purposes I wanted to change as little as possible which is why I went for the reversed P, keeping the 'ray pup and the E/A section of the P in their proper spots accurate down to the nearest millimetre. You heard the results yourself Peter. Sandberg use their own spacings in their PM range but for my money they don't catch the harmonics of the original positions that Leo himself worked out. I'll be taking the Pingray to Moffat again (made some slight cosmetic improvements from last time) so you are welcome to take as many measurements there as you like Peter. I found a good way to place the MM pup perfectly was to use a genuine MM scratch plate as a template. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [quote name='stevie' post='1096300' date='Jan 20 2011, 01:32 PM']That's 368 millimetres - nearly an inch more than what Pete measures.[/quote] It's 100% 345 mm 12th fret to centre of the pup , 14.5 inches is to eleventh fret to centre of pup or almost 12th to the far side of the pup so I'm guessing that's where it came from? My money is on 11th fret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1096621' date='Jan 20 2011, 06:03 PM']It's 100% 345 mm 12th fret to centre of the pup , 14.5 inches is to eleventh fret to centre of pup or almost 12th to the far side of the pup so I'm guessing that's where it came from? My money is on 11th fret [/quote] Oh yeah! Thats right, i was looking at the bass the wrong way! Doh! Im really not a typical stereotype of a bassist, honest. Man I feel embarrassed. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Yeah the strings go on the outside! We won't tell anyone....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pietruszka Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Haha! I was looking down the neck from the body end, and so, well you can guess the rest I'm sure. Balls. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 [quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1295463098' post='1095491'] I have an urge to get close to the traditional MM and P bass tones from something that looks much more modern. [/quote] I'd be very interested to see that when finished Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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