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    Stag Mag with better humbucker tones?

    I was playing the P-Rails (which I quite like) and was thinking to myself "wouldn't it be fantastic if there was a pickup that did a perfect (or near enough) strat single coil sound while also maintaining an equally perfect humbucker tone?". This brought to mind the Stag Mag. However, when I...
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    Parallel Axis pickups compendium!

    After recently buying and installing my PATB-1b-7 and loving it with passion, I thought it might be a good idea to create a sort of compendium for Parallel Axis pickups. For example, listing the rigs that people have had success adding these pickups to or which of the three bridge versions...
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    JazzB vs '59 vs Screamin Demon vs PATB1n for neck

    As the title asks... I'm in search of a neck pickup that is well suited to alder bodied guitars with bolt-on, ebony fretboarded guitars. I need it mainly for playing clean passages (fingerpicked and strummed) and for the occasional overdriven solo. Naturally, if anyone has any other suggestions...
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    Vintage to Medium Output HBs

    I know my story is becoming more and more common but... I am burned out on high output humbuckers. I have had some good experiences but the more I play vintage or medium output pickups, the more I find that they are far superior than their high output counterparts. Not only do they have better...
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    Any experience with Antiquity Strat pups?

    Hey y'all! I've been looking into various single coil pickups for a rather large guitar project I'm looking at taking on. After a good deal of forum and website prowling, I've been really intrigued by the Strat Antiquity II pickups. The only problem I can foresee with them is 60 cycle hum. I'd...
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    Pickups for a custom guitar

    Hey everyone! I'm new to the SD community. I'm working on a custom guitar right now that is in dire need of some amazing pickups. I should begin by mentioning that its a bolt-in 7 string guitar with a 25.5" scale. The neck is a 5-piece figured bubinga/maple beauty with an ebony fretboard. The...
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