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Like the Lipstick tube pickups, Gibson Melody Maker pickups need modification to fit into a Strat assembly. The average length of a Melody Maker pickup is .695″ wide X 2.90″ long. A Stratocaster pickup cover averages .690″ wide X 2.748 long. The Melody Maker pickup has a solid top cover and the nylon bobbin is…

The type of cavity, and how it is routed in your Stratocaster body, will determine the type of pickup you need and how the pickups will fit. The traditional cavity route will not allow the pickups to be reversed in your Strat. The shape of the fibre or molded bottom on the pickup fits the…

The majority of instruments manufactured by Fender have the traditional routing in the body and trying to reverse the pickups 180 degrees won’t fit. You would need a larger cavity or a pickup that has a oblong bottom plate like a Fender Jaguar. Some after market companies can make a reverse staggered pickup just for…

By using a wider spaced pickup, the pole have better alignment under the strings to better capture the magnetic field from the poles to obtain proper balance from the strings. The average Gibson pickup pole spacing is around 1.928″ from E to E and a Fender Stratocaster is 2.18″ from E to E. You can…