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Hi SD friends, Just upgraded my HSS Strat with a 59 Custom, Five Two middle and Classic Stack neck, Love the great sound. One issue i see is the Five Two middle position i notice a significant volume difference from the G string too the B string. How can i adjust this. The pole heights are significantly different. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. 
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The vintage stagger on the Five Two does not work well with modern strings and flatter fingerboards. There is no safe cure.I get the feeling the A8 will blow your skirt up more so - Edgecrusher
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I have this same set, but it isn't wired to get me the middle pickup alone...in the middle position of the switch, I have the top coil of the stack and one coil of the bridge pickup. I used a MegaSwitch to do this.
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Ok Mincer can you explain what a Megaswitch is and how i can get my hands on one. tyComment
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It is a special Schaller switch, read about them here. They allow combinations not possible with a regular 5 way. Like I said, the one I use relies on a rw/rp neck pickup, and doesn't allow the middle pickup by itself (a sound I never use myself). I wrote about this wiring scheme (with these exact pickups) here.Administrator of the SDUGFComment
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You can turn the pickup around. This puts the volume dip on the A string and it balances out more there because it's in the bassy area.The things that you wanted
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I've never used the Five-Two. But turning the Five-Two would eliminate it's design goal of having the A5 magnets under the low strings and A2 magnets under the high strings. I'm not asserting that would be a negative as there are A5 and A2 Strat pickups. Only my observation.I miss the 80's (girls) !!!
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