One of the websites mentioned an internal length of 1-1/8, but if you want the wiring to be free of any potential binding, etc., you need more. Here's a picture:
It's an interesting install, compared to a pickup where you have to cut a hole for the entire pickup. The matchbook humbucker surprised me because it has a fairly deep protrusion on the back. Minimally, you need about 1.5 inches of depth, So, with a CBG, it requires the depth of the top plus interior to be almost 1.5 inches. With a solid body, the body has to be 1.5 inches thick, and that means a very thin area in the back, opposite the pickup.
Also, the pickup is very thin, which is good in general, but if you like the bridge to be fairly high, e.g., with the fretboard base even with the top of the guitar, you'll probably have to raise the pickup, as I did, to get it the optimal distance from the strings. I used a thin piece of hobby basswood underneath the pickup. Unlike traditional pickups, there are no height adjusting screws, at least in its stock configuration.
Finally, I made a hole in the guitar (under the pickup) large enough to accommodate a pre-assembled wiring harness, so that I could solder everything ahead of time, instead of threading the pickup lead through the body and then soldering.
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One of the websites mentioned an internal length of 1-1/8, but if you want the wiring to be free of any potential binding, etc., you need more. Here's a picture:
It's an interesting install, compared to a pickup where you have to cut a hole for the entire pickup. The matchbook humbucker surprised me because it has a fairly deep protrusion on the back. Minimally, you need about 1.5 inches of depth, So, with a CBG, it requires the depth of the top plus interior to be almost 1.5 inches. With a solid body, the body has to be 1.5 inches thick, and that means a very thin area in the back, opposite the pickup.
Also, the pickup is very thin, which is good in general, but if you like the bridge to be fairly high, e.g., with the fretboard base even with the top of the guitar, you'll probably have to raise the pickup, as I did, to get it the optimal distance from the strings. I used a thin piece of hobby basswood underneath the pickup. Unlike traditional pickups, there are no height adjusting screws, at least in its stock configuration.
Finally, I made a hole in the guitar (under the pickup) large enough to accommodate a pre-assembled wiring harness, so that I could solder everything ahead of time, instead of threading the pickup lead through the body and then soldering.
Nice. How do you like the matchbook pick up?
Very nice,.,. beautiful.,.looks like a great strummer.,