So i need a measurement from a 500/1

[tommorichards]

Ive got 2 pickups which will go with a 500/1 type body.

I have this picture which i can scale, but i need a measurement to use. So does anyone have a measurement i can use. Width of the pickups, 21st fret etc..

Id be grateful.

Here is the picture im using.

[Happy Jack]

Hofner necks were usually 52mm near the heel. German-made Hofners were and still are entirely handmade, so inevitably there are variations.

Unfortunately your photo shows the later (late-60's onwards) "Blade" pickups. My remaining three Hofners are all earlier than that and have either "Staple" pickups or the original Bakelite types, so I can't offer any direct measurements.

[tommorichards]

is the bridge the same?

[Happy Jack]

The same as what? Sorry Tommo - I don't get what you mean.

[EdwardHimself]

I'm guessing he's asking if the bridge in the pictured bass is the same as the bridge on yours?

[tommorichards]

It was about the bridge being the same. However, i did not think of using fret spacing. That may be the ticket.

Thanks

[BigRedX]

How do you know that the photograph has not been scaled differently in the x and y axis?

[tommorichards]

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How do you know that the photograph has not been scaled differently in the x and y axis?
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because i dont believe people are that mean

I hope it isnt. Can someone check the measurements ive got from it if they are close, thats good enough

44cm x 26cm

[BigRedX]

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1321122464' post='1435642']
because i dont believe people are that mean
[/quote]
It's got nothing to do with meanness.

I work in graphic design we scale images unproportionally all the time so that they look "good" in the space available. Accuracy of scale doesn't come into it. Speaking from experience I would never trust "accurate" measurements of any photograph, there's simply too many variables that can add distortion.

[tommorichards]

i think it may be distorted, ive got a printout atm, and it looks a bit too narrow....

[BigRedX]

Unfortunately printing it out just adds another couple of variables into the equation.

[EdwardHimself]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1321126550' post='1435708'] It's got nothing to do with meanness. I work in graphic design we scale images unproportionally all the time so that they look "good" in the space available. Accuracy of scale doesn't come into it. Speaking from experience I would never trust "accurate" measurements of any photograph, there's simply too many variables that can add distortion. [/quote]

true. What you need is an AutoCAD drawing although I don't think they had them back in the 1960s. Apparently they used to use this thing called "paper" or something...

[tommorichards]

im not really after an exact size, just something to give me some sort of guide.

Does anyone have a width and length of the body i could use, doesnt have to be exact.