Zelja
Senior Member
Narrower in the width. See pics below of a 50s Franz from my X-5- & one from the re-issue:Aha! I'm sorry if I missed a post where you perhaps elaborate on this, but are you happy with the result? Did they come out sounding close to the real deal?
And - "narrower" as in shorter?
The re-issues are much wider & have to have an effect.
I wasn't really going for an exact vintage sound on the M-75 but they do sound good. The neck PU sounds pretty close to what I get from my 50s X-50, DC resistance is similar at around 7k. The bridge PU is tapped - full tap is similar to a standard P90 - about 9k, while the tapped coil is about 7.3k. Both work well with the neck & I will buy a push-push switch such that I can have both sounds on tap (pun intended).
Now I also tried the bridge PU on my '63 CE-100D (currently still in that guitar). The vintage pickups on these are both at around the 5.5k mark . I love the neck posn but find the bridge too thin for the same amp settings. The 7.3k tap sounds really good, though maybe still a little more mids than what you would go for. I sent another re-issue pickup to get rewound at 7.3k & with a 6.3k tap to get a more vintage 60s tone, to see which one I like best. Only just got it but it's likely I'll wire it up to get both sounds available.