Screws

I bought this Seymour Duncan Jazz (SH2) used. It's in perfect working condition, no issues. The issue here  are the screws. This pickup was removed from another guitar which had this pickup as default, the screws used were factory default as well. Upon purchase, the screws were not passed to me so I resorted to using unused SD screws I have lying around here.

The problem is, the default factory screws were not of the same size as the ones used by SD. The holes in the pickup mounting flaps were bigger. I had to resort to third party screws bought from a hardware store (the black ones you see above) to make it work. The default SD ones (the chrome ones) are smaller. If you wish to purchase after-market SDs, do anticipate this situation, best to ask for the accompanying screws from the seller. If the pickup is a replacement unit purchased from an authorised dealer, this won't be an issue at all. Guitar manufacturers are not obliged to use SD supplied screws at their factory. It makes more sense for them to use whatever screws that save them more especially the ones supplied in bulk.