Any input re: SSL-5 vs. SSL-6 bridge pickup only in this scenario?

abcats

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I have a strat neck with 14" radius (actually a Hamer Daytona) with stock SSL-1 (staggered) pickups.

Any suggestions on whether to replace the bridge with an SSL-5 (also staggered) or an SSL-6 (flat) pickup? I would keep the other 2 SSL-1's in place.

The "typical" recommendation would appear to be the non-staggered pickup. But given that the other 2 pickups are staggered, I wondered if that would matter.
 
They are pretty different sounding pickups. But with a 14" radius, I'd go for flat poles myself, no matter what else is in the guitar.
 
A flat fingerboard exaggerates some of the shortcomings of a staggered single coil with modern strings. So on every flatter than 7.25 board the g string stands out like sore thump imo. My recommendation is to use a ssl-6 with a flat fingerboard unless you use a wound g string.
 
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