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The F-spaced humbuckers are a bit narrower than Gibson's 498T or wider-spaced offerings from the likes of Bareknuckle, Duncan etc but that makes them perfect for bridge position on most modern guitars from Gibson, PRS etc. I don't know if they're too narrow for Floyds, I don't have any Floyds.
With the single-coils, they must be a bit narrow in bridge position but I don't know if the strings actually sit outside the polepieces. They're good for neck and middle, though. And of course you have to use DiMarzio covers!
Covers: that's a bit of a shame isn't it...
Kinman do that too - 52.5mm, 51mm & 49.5mm spacing on bridge, middle and neck.
It does cosmetically improve string pole piece alignment, but replacement covers are expensive - and Kinman charges extra if you want them without the Kinman logo
I have one of their Tele bridge pickups and an old Strat set - before they offered the narrower polepiece spacings, so Fender covers fit although they're not as tall as the pickups.
One of my many never-to-be-realised plans is to put the Tele bridge and neck/middle Strat pickups on a modern Tele (I don't think the Kinmans sound really "vintage" but they'd be fine on an American Standard/Deluxe).
Still sounds fine
Being Far Eastern, it may even be 52.5mm spacing (10.5mm saddles)
When you go with the 11.3mm saddles - 56.5mm spacing overall, it'll take the two outermost strings quite outside the poles...
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
They also sell 52.5mm covers - which fit genuine Fender pickups (and interestingly Tonerider pickups which are 52.4mm spacing).
Does that extra 0.5mm make a significant difference? No idea...
https://i.imgur.com/CpFMn9l.jpg
You can prove this very easily with any Strat-type guitar... select the neck pickup, play a note, and bend the string until it’s halfway between the two polepieces. How much does the level go down?
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Then - I find that if I set the amp up on the 'edge' of overdrive, the 1st string is quieter in that it sounds cleaner, no matter how hard you play. Big difference between the 1st string and the next few strings...