Pickups for strats with 12" fretboard radius...
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Kamanda~SD
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Re: Pickups for strats with 12" fretboard radius...
I didn't realize the SRV strat had a 12" radius until you mentioned it.. wow.
I didn't realize the SRV strat had a 12" radius until you mentioned it.. wow.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Pickups for strats with 12" fretboard radius...
as far as I can tell, most people consider 10 inches the "change over point" anything under 10 is better off staggered, over 10 is better off flat, but to be honest, I prefer staggered no matter what the radius it...they just sound more "Strat like" to my ears
as far as I can tell, most people consider 10 inches the "change over point" anything under 10 is better off staggered, over 10 is better off flat, but to be honest, I prefer staggered no matter what the radius it...they just sound more "Strat like" to my ears
Kamanda~SD
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Re: Pickups for strats with 12" fretboard radius...
Im confused by this pole peice discussion.. how do you know the difference between staggard and flat?? The poles height??
Im confused by this pole peice discussion.. how do you know the difference between staggard and flat?? The poles height??
BachToRock
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Re: Pickups for strats with 12" fretboard radius...
I use staggered Alnico Pro II's and do the SRV trick of pressing all of the magnets flush with the top of the pickup cover so they protrude out of the bottom of the pickup.
This sounds perfect on flatter radius necks... on traditional radius necks I push only the G string magnet flush to get a better balance with the plain 3rd string.
I use staggered Alnico Pro II's and do the SRV trick of pressing all of the magnets flush with the top of the pickup cover so they protrude out of the bottom of the pickup.
This sounds perfect on flatter radius necks... on traditional radius necks I push only the G string magnet flush to get a better balance with the plain 3rd string.
Zhangliqun
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Re: Pickups for strats with 12" fretboard radius...
The difference is very obvious, nothing that requires a trained eye.
Staggered pole Strat pickups have rod magnets that are different heights and so some protrude more from the surface of the pickup than others. On a staggered pole Strat pickup, the B-string pole is even with the surface, maybe even slightly below, while the G-string pole sticks out almost 1/4". The rest are somewhere in between.
Flat poles are flush with the surface of the pickup cover.
Some pickup makers make Strat pickups with radius-ed poles (Kinman comes to mind), meaning they more or less follow the radius of the fingerboard and strings -- e.g., low on the E-strings, a little higher on the A and B strings, and highest on the D and G strings.
The traditional/vintage way is staggered. (FWIW - This is part of what gave Jimi Hendrix his sound because he would flip a right-handed Strat over and string it the other way, meaning the stagger pattern would be reversed.)
Kamanda~SD said:
The difference is very obvious, nothing that requires a trained eye.
Staggered pole Strat pickups have rod magnets that are different heights and so some protrude more from the surface of the pickup than others. On a staggered pole Strat pickup, the B-string pole is even with the surface, maybe even slightly below, while the G-string pole sticks out almost 1/4". The rest are somewhere in between.
Flat poles are flush with the surface of the pickup cover.
Some pickup makers make Strat pickups with radius-ed poles (Kinman comes to mind), meaning they more or less follow the radius of the fingerboard and strings -- e.g., low on the E-strings, a little higher on the A and B strings, and highest on the D and G strings.
The traditional/vintage way is staggered. (FWIW - This is part of what gave Jimi Hendrix his sound because he would flip a right-handed Strat over and string it the other way, meaning the stagger pattern would be reversed.)
