Pole spacing for these two Gibson HB's

[RedHouse]

Anyone know (for sure) what the pole spacing is on these two pickups which are in a Les Paul Studio:

490R
498T

A caliper-challenged friend who lives many miles away want's me to make him a set for his 90's LP Studio, he likes his gold covers and want's to reuse them, I don't know the pole spacing of these two pickups and would need to be sure so they fit his covers.

I suspect they are 50mm and 53mm but really don't know for sure. I checked the Gibson website but don't find the pole spacing in the spec's, guess I might have to take a trip to the local guitar center, sheesh!.

Anybody know (for sure)?

[RedHouse]

....(sound of crickets chirping)....

[Stan H]

My guess would be 49.5 but maybe you could get the guy to send you the originals (or at least the covers) so you can verify?

[petemoore]

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For something like that I would want to do a 'lefty / righty' and have both items in hand to compare fitting.

[RedHouse]

Never mind, I've negotiated another form factor, thanks for all the help.

[Dave Kerr]

Why the ? Your first post asked if anyone knew "for sure" - apparently, no one did.

Would you rather bad information over no information?

[RedHouse]

Why the ? Your first post asked if anyone knew "for sure" - apparently, no one did.

Would you rather bad information over no information?

BBBZZZTTT! You've asumed the wrong thing, the eye roll is from me, for me, and about me.

I was going to post about this when I got home tonight, so here goes...

Not only did I ask here, but elsewhere too, and trolled Google hits of other boards and discussions for info ad nausium, I got my numbers just before I left for an out-of-towner and ordered the bobbins I needed.

Then, just yesterday as I got back in town I got a call from my friend, he decided he would like the PAF spaced (49.2mm) pickups instead of copies of his originals.

He's my friend, so I'm not anoyed, but I do reserve the right to roll my eye's in sarcasm, ...there you go.

Oh and the spacing, for sure, is:

490R = 50mm
498T = 53mm.

[Dave Kerr]

My friends and family tend to annoy me much more than customers and acquaintences - your attitude there seems to be healthier than mine.

[RedHouse]

My friends and family tend to annoy me much more than customers and acquaintences - your attitude there seems to be healthier than mine.

I'm no better than anybody else really, but this guy is a dear old friend that I have known since 1977, so by virtue of ancient'ness, I try to be patient with him.

He does this crap all the time tho (vent, vent) once he asked me to build him a couple effects, I delivered them a few months later, and he didn't remember asking me to do it.
(good thing his son was there to remind him)

Then there was the time I was building some FET compressors I got interested in over at prodigy-pro.com, and he said he would really like a pair for his studio, so I built them, yep changed his mind when I showed up with them, decided he wanted a couple tube compressors.

Then there was the time.... aw never mind, he's a good guy.