pickup and string distance

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Matt Prickett
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pickup and string distance

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I'm putting in a lawrence 705, what should be the distance from the strings to the top of the pickup. Plus can I split the pickup to a switch, so I can have single or a humbucker. I believe all I have to do is split the white and green wire?
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Matt,Stack two quarters on top of each other...That seems to work for me!
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Here's a thread on the 705:

http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/003432.html

The distance between the strings and the pickups should be between 1/16" and 3/32".
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Thanks fellows thats been very helpful
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