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The reason for the humbucker-sized pickups was the apparent difficulty in fitting the Ric-style surface-mount pickups to a guitar with Fender string height. I know some people have mounted them through the pickguard, but then struggled to get them close enough to the strings. Just seems like an incompatibility.
Also, I like (or have convinced myself that I like) the other-worldly look of the humbucker sized pickups, which helps the overall air of oddness that a 12-string should have (imo). You’ve got me looking at Firebird pickups now, though. Gibson made a 12-string Firebird back in the sixties, it seems, although tracking down an audio sample is tricky.
rethink the top line of the scratchplate as it looks like a Fret King
Argh! I’d never seen one of those before. Although I’m not convinced my design is too close to theirs, apart from both having two peaks.
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Great project... if you're going with toaster-style pickups, why use humbucker-sized ones? They're arguably not as good-looking, unless you're thinking of replaceability with something different if they don't work out? Alternatives for me would be Firebirds as tilover suggested (actually quite different construction to mini-hums, the jangliest of Gibson humbuckers especially if low-wind) or Harmony type goldfoils. Oh and design-wise I'd rethink the top line of the scratchplate as it looks like a Fret King, but that's just me...