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* ''Fender'' - Make the stock pickups for their guitars. Good for 100% authenticity to classic tones, but can probably find better options above for lower cost.
* ''Gibson'' - Make the stock pickups for their guitars. Good for 100% authenticity to classic tones, but can probably find better options above for lower cost.
== Size ==
Pickups generally come in two sizes: normal and ''F-Spaced''. F-Spaced means they are a bit wider to properly align the pole pieces under the strings for guitars with [[Choosing_a_Guitar#Neck_Size|wider necks]]. They are called F-Spaced because that's the traditional spacing for guitars with Floyd-Rose bridges; however, many Floyd clones use the same spacing.
== Trial and Error ==