Recent content by Troisnoir

I'm looking into buying some StagMag humbuckers. 1. Are the polepieces magnets, as on a real single coil pup, or do they touch a bar magnet, like regular humbuckers? 2. Do they make a neck version? Thanks!

I seem to remember back in the Eighties reading about shortening the screw polepieces in a HB pickup (flush to bottom?) to alter/improve the sound. Ring any bells? Was it just voodoo rumor? I ask because I'm building a guitar, and for cosmetic reasons I'm changing the polepiece screws to gold...

I have two humbuckers on my PRS electric and I'd like to add a single coil between them, strictly for obtaining Strat quack. To install the sc pup, I'll have to rout a pup cavity. Before doing that, I'd like to know that this will work. I have the pup, so I was thinking about holding or...

I read the SD article on adding covers to HB's after the fact, but I bought the wrong covers. I'm about to replace them with the correct covers - any advice/warnings about removing the incorrect covers without damaging the pups? I followed the instructions in the article (I used double sided...

I'm trying to find pup covers for these pickups, and I haven't found any with the right spacing. I bought a set of 49.2mm from StewMac, and the JB just barely fits (but not really right). The Jazz is way short of the holes. Duncan doesn't appear to sell any covers except for Trembuckers...